Birds
The Art of Ornithology (Pocket edition)
Seiten
2023
The Natural History Museum (Verlag)
978-0-565-09551-2 (ISBN)
The Natural History Museum (Verlag)
978-0-565-09551-2 (ISBN)
The complete story of the development of bird art in a new miniature format, with an outstanding selection of images from the Museum’s world-famous archive
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures. This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, and retains the lavish finish of the original gift book. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivalled collection at the Natural History Museum includes exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous bird artists ever published including Audubon, Lear,
MacGillivray and Gould.
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures. This reduced size edition is chunky yet portable, and retains the lavish finish of the original gift book. The outstanding selection of images from the unrivalled collection at the Natural History Museum includes exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous bird artists ever published including Audubon, Lear,
MacGillivray and Gould.
Jonathan Elphick is a wildlife writer, editor, consultant, lecturer and broadcaster, specialising in ornithology. During a career spanning almost 40 years, he has written many books including The World of Birds, the bestseller Birdsong (2012) and the award-winning Birdwatcher’s Handbook (2001). He was researcher for Birds & People (2013), the largest survey of cultural attitudes to birds worldwide, and spent five years as researcher on the acclaimed bestseller Birds Britannica (2005).
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Over 100 colour images |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 151 x 177 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
| ISBN-10 | 0-565-09551-X / 056509551X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-565-09551-2 / 9780565095512 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Buch | Hardcover (2019)
Quelle & Meyer (Verlag)
CHF 55,90
Botanik, Ethnopharmakologie und Anwendung
Buch | Hardcover (2022)
at Verlag
CHF 160,00
