A Passion for Orchids: The Most Beautiful Orchid Portraits and their Artists - Softcover

Kramer, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3791326996 ISBN 13: 9783791326993

Publisher: Prestel, 2002

Synopsis

This cultural history of the orchid includes 60 colour plates of antique orchid illustrations by such botanical illustrators as Martin J. Heade, Lucien Linden and Walter Hood Fitch. Each illustration is accompanied by a brief history of the artist.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The world’s obsession with the orchid can be traced to ancient Chinese calligraphers and Japanese illustrators who included the flower in their beautifully rendered landscapes. By the eighteenth century orchid collecting was an established pastime in Europe. A generation later saw the publication of lavish, expensive books devoted to the flower. The passion for orchids continues to this day, with more than 35,000 known varieties and more being propagated every day. In A Passion for Orchids Jack Kramer offers an intriguing cultural history of the flower. Stunning color plates by such renowned botanical illustrators as Martin J.Heade, Lucien Linden and Walter Hood Fitch are accompanied by brief histories of the artists, making this collection of orchid lore and art a unique addition to the libraries of art lovers, horticulturists, and collectors of this strangely alluring flower.

About the Author:

Jack Kramer has written more than one hundred books on many different aspects of gardening and plants, including Orchids and Women of Flowers. An expert and pioneer in the cultivation and growing of orchids since the 1960s, he lives in Naples, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 3791326996
• ISBN 13: 9783791326993
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160