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An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection
Buch von ADAM LEITH GOLLNER
Sprache: Englisch

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A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce

The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Assembled between 1886 and 1942, the collection's remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely before the widespread application of photography, the watercolors were intended to aid accurate identification and examination of fruit varietals, for the nation's fruit growers.

Documenting the transformation of American pomology, the science of fruit breeding and production, and the horticultural innovations accountable for contemporary fruit cultivation and consumption, the USDA's collection offers fascinating anthropological and horticultural insights concerning the fruits we ecstatically devour, and why. With an abundance of reproductions from the collection, this gorgeous volume encompasses fruit-suffused anecdotes and observations drawn from the fields of archaeology and anthropology, horticulture and literature, ancient representation and contemporary visual art. It includes contributions by authors Jacqueline Landy, John McPhee, Michael Pollan and Marina Vitaglione.

A kaleidoscopic celebration of the USDA's pomological collection, offering an engaging, biophillic meditation upon the sweetest of the earth's produce

The United States Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection encompasses 7,497 botanical watercolor paintings of evolving fruit and nut varieties, alongside specimens introduced by USDA plant explorers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Assembled between 1886 and 1942, the collection's remarkable, botanically accurate watercolors were executed by some 21 professional artists (including nine women). Authored largely before the widespread application of photography, the watercolors were intended to aid accurate identification and examination of fruit varietals, for the nation's fruit growers.

Documenting the transformation of American pomology, the science of fruit breeding and production, and the horticultural innovations accountable for contemporary fruit cultivation and consumption, the USDA's collection offers fascinating anthropological and horticultural insights concerning the fruits we ecstatically devour, and why. With an abundance of reproductions from the collection, this gorgeous volume encompasses fruit-suffused anecdotes and observations drawn from the fields of archaeology and anthropology, horticulture and literature, ancient representation and contemporary visual art. It includes contributions by authors Jacqueline Landy, John McPhee, Michael Pollan and Marina Vitaglione.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allgemeine Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781733622042
ISBN-10: 1733622047
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: GOLLNER, ADAM LEITH
Zusammengestellt: Gollner, Adam Leith
Vitaglione, Marina
Hersteller: Atelier Editions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 291 x 219 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: ADAM LEITH GOLLNER
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2021
Gewicht: 1,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 121115373
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allgemeine Kunst
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781733622042
ISBN-10: 1733622047
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: GOLLNER, ADAM LEITH
Zusammengestellt: Gollner, Adam Leith
Vitaglione, Marina
Hersteller: Atelier Editions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 291 x 219 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: ADAM LEITH GOLLNER
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2021
Gewicht: 1,526 kg
Artikel-ID: 121115373
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