Vintage botanicals have a unique charm that can elevate any home decor. These timeless pieces, often characterized by ...

During the 17th century, illustrations of plants were mostly drawn for medicinal and botanical research rather than as works of art. The particularly detailed renderings of flora by botanist and ...

From her fifth-floor office in the National Museum of Natural History, Alice Tangerini has a stellar view of Washington — to the right, Constitution Avenue runs in front of the Classical Revival ...

"What does it take to paint a wildflower that blooms for a single day in a deep forest? For Mary Vaux Walcott, it involved spending up to seventeen hours a day out of doors with her paintbox to ...

Purchase: Prints are available in the gift shop and on her website. On first glance, the botanicals sprawling the walls of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia visitor's center depict the greens, ...

Botanical art is having a moment. From Sabyasachi’s floral wallpaper to schools books replete with plant-inspired illustrations, botanicals are everywhere With Amitav Ghosh’s latest book, Gun Island, ...

“Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all,” wrote John Keats. The famous words come from his 1820 poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, but they are a fitting description for the practice of botanical art and ...

A set of replica botanical prints at Encore Consignment Gallery For those of us who love the delicate nature of botanical illustrations, St. Louis is a great place to shop. Whether replicas or ...

Botanical art, botanical illustration and flower painting are not the same thing. The emphasis on scientific accuracy and aesthetic value varies among the three, but they all showcase a plant’s ...