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Citrus Fruit
(Hardcover)
David Freedberg, Enrico Baldini
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The first volume to appear in the Natural History series catalogues
a group of spectacular drawings of citrus fruit in watercolour and
gouache, most of which were commissioned to illustrate Giovanni
Battista Ferrari's Hesperides, an ambitious attempt at a complete
taxonomy and classification of the entire citrological world, which
was published in Rome in 1646. Cassiano dal Pozzo played a
fundamental role in this project: it was he who commissioned and
supplied most of the drawings and then arranged for them to be
engraved for Ferrari's projected work. The citrus drawings -
grouped in the Catalogue under the headings of citrons, lemons,
oranges, pummelos, hybrids, monstrosities and unidentified citrus
fruit - are reproduced in full colour and are accompanied by a
wealth of comparative material which includes the Hesperides
engravings, additional drawings and photographs of actual
specimens, mainly of the monstrous kind. In addition to detailed
scientific descriptions of the specimens themselves, the catalogue
also gives art historical information on watermarks, annotations,
types of mount, provenance and literature. The introductory essays
explain Cassiano's method of gathering information from a network
of correspondents around Europe and consider the relationship
between these drawings and other natural history subjects
commissioned by Cassiano. The authors discuss the work of the
artists involved in the project and assess the major contribution
made the classification of citrus fruit by the collaborative
efforts of Cassiano of Ferrari.
Illustration is applied imagination. But this book is not only
about illustration, though it does contain illustrations-lots of
them. But there's more. This book examines the profession of
illustrator, from the vexing subject of money to the question of
the right workplace. How do you get commissions? How do you
negotiate successfully? What's a fair price? How do you handle the
everyday routines involved in illustration work? And, of course, it
presents a wide variety of illustra- tion techniques. In short, it
makes an effort to enlighten, be useful and answer as many
questions as possible. Its author does so, on the one hand, by
offering more than twenty really useful tips for budding
illustrators-for example, how to stop the fear that a blank page
often inspires-and, on the other, by presenting the twenty-five
most important illustration techniques in a practical way that
awakens the reader's desire to learn more. As a parallel narrative
accompanying the humorous texts, there are images by very different
illustrators who work with a wide variety of techniques and styles.
These pictures are diverse yet easy to compare, because they all
show the same thing: a bird.
A lively illustrated tour of London in the company of Vic Lee -
artist, storyteller and self-confessed 'ragamuffin from south-east
London'. Based on Vic Lee's series of prints of London, this book
covers a variety of different streets and areas across the city,
from Walthamstow Village in the north to Lordship Lane in East
Dulwich in the south, from Broadway market in the east to
Portobello Road in the west. Through over twenty different areas,
he brings to life the local life and architecture. Interwoven
around the places are stories and anecdotes that he has picked up
during his researches and conversations along the way, as well as
some that may or may not be true... Areas included in the book are:
Saint Pauls Cathedral Soho Battersea Mayfair Portobello Road
Southbank Centre The Tate Lambs Conduit Street Exmouth market
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch Broadway market Kingsland Road Columbia
Road Walthamstow Village Stoke Newington Islington Crouch end
Clapham Dulwich Village East Dulwich Brixton Peckham Maida Vale
Created in Vic Lee's inimitable, intricate illustration style this
book is a work of art for lovers of London life and its special
places
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