In this reissue of his popular book, Vic Bearcroft shares his love of drawing and painting wild animals, showing how to capture the personality and distinctive features of a variety of creatures.
A captivating journey into the inner lives of plants from the colours they see to the schedules they keepAn enchanting look at the lives of plants, from the colours they see to the schedules they keep, in time for the start of the planting season 'An intriguing look at a plant's consciousness.
Although considered a minor genre for a long time, the art of landscape has risen above its forebears - religious and historic painting - to become a genre of its own.
Si l’animal fut tour à tour représenté par les peintres pour sa fonction symbolique, cathartique ou allégorique, il fut aussi et surtout, et ce dès les peintures rupestres, peint pour lui-même, en tant que Nature.
Mega Square Herbarium is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants.
Mega Square Roses presents the large number of different species of this unique flower, which is charged with so many feelings and imbued with powerful cultural significance.
Das Mega Square-Buch Rosen präsentiert eine große Anzahl verschiedener Arten dieser einzigartigen Blume, die so viel Gefühl und kulturelle Bedeutung trägt.
Das Mega Square Herbarium basiert auf dem botanischen Werk des berühmten Pflanzenexperten Basilius Beslers, der als einer der ersten über 1000 verschiedene Pflanzenarten beschrieb, zeichnete und präparierte.
L’ambitieux projet d’Audubon de peindre tous les oiseaux d’Amérique du Nord résulta en un travail si important qu’il fut une des grandes étapes de l’ornithologie.
L'ambitieux projet d'Audubon de peindre tous les oiseaux d'Amérique du Nord résulta en un travail si important qu'il fut une des grandes étapes de l'ornithologie.
El volumen de Mega Square Herbario está basado en la obra de Basilius Besler, el famoso experto en plantas que, por primera vez en la historia, describió, pintó y grabó más de mil especies de plantas.
À la fois repère de leur original propriétaire et salle d'exposition savante pour leurs visiteurs, les cabinets de curiosités, espaces incontournables des demeures du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, furent de véritables lieux d'expression pour les collectionneurs hétéroclites.
Reflecting their owner's taste and serving as an impressive exhibition space for visitors, cabinets of curiosities were a place of interest in the houses of the wealthy in the 16th an 17th centuries.
The latest in the popular Quick ID Guide series, this compact little book is an easy-to-use identification guide to the whales, dolphins and seals found in southern African waters and the Southern Ocean.
Originally published in 1981, Living Shores was for many years the standard reference for marine science students but was also embraced by a popular market for its fascinating insights into marine and coastal habitats and the life they support.
The Great Bear Rainforest is the fabled region of towering trees and rare mammals that stretches up the rugged Pacific coast from the top of Vancouver Island to southern Alaska.
From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Wild World, the follow-up to the super-sized bestseller Beautiful World, is a vivid and compelling portrait of the world in which we live.
Journey to the planet's most magnificent places and see the world as you've never seen it before through the lenses of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher.
