Birds: The Art of Ornithology

ThisremarkablybeautifulvolumegatherstogetheraselectionofthemostimportantandvibrantornithologicalartfromLondon’sNaturalHistoryMuseum.Birdstellstheremarkablestoryofthedevelopmentofornithologicalartthroughtheages，fromtheearliestimagesofbirdsintheRenaissance，throughtheAgeofExploration，tothepresentday.BrilliantlyreproducedoriginalartworksbysuchrenownedartistsasAudubon，Gould，MacGillivray，Thorburn，andWolfeareincluded.ThelivelyaccompanyingtexttellsthestoryofhowornithologicalartgrewoutofthenaturalistictraditionofEuropeanpaintingtobecomeagenreonitsown，wheretheartist’sfocusonaestheticappealwasmarriedtothescientist’sneedforprecisionanddetail.Manyoftheworksreproducedinthisvolumehaveneverbeforebeenpublished.Thedetailedtextinterweavesscience，arthistory，biography，exploration，andtraveltopaintavastandwondrouspictureofthebygoneworldofartist-scientists，exoticbirds，andfarawaylands.Itmakesaperfectgiftforanyonewholovesfineprintsanddrawingsorhasaninterestinnatureorbirding.