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Birds: The Art of Ornithology

An outstanding selection of bird artwork, featuring exquisitely crafted works from some of the world’s most famous natural history artists

ISBN: 190268639x

Author: Jonathan Elphick

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Birds: The Art of Ornithology

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Birds is an outstanding selection of images from the famous archive of the Natural History Museum in London. Including exquisitely crafted works from some of the most famous natural history artists ever published, such as Audubon, Gould, MacGillivray, and Bauer, it also includes images never before reproduced in a popular book.

The detailed, lively text interweaves ornithological science, art history, biography, travel and other aspects of the subject to paint a vivid picture of the artists and the birds they painted, with fascinating details of the lives of both.

This book also tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the ages, from the early, skilfully executed and decorative but often fanciful, images of birds, through the ages of exploration and increasing knowledge of the world's avifauna, to modern approaches to capturing the essence of these freest of all creatures on the page or canvas. This landmark book will fascinate anyone interested in birds, natural history and art.

Product information

Hardback, 280 x 265 mm, 336 pp, 2004, 300 full colour illustrations
1 902686 39 X
Published by Scriptum Editions in association with the Natural History Museum, London