J C Volkamer Citrus Fruits Iris Lauterbach Taschen Gmbh Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

Have You Ever Thought Of Citrus Fruits As Celestial Bodies Angelically Suspended In The Sky? Perhaps Not But J C Volkamer (1644-1720) Did-Commissioning An Extravagant And Breathtaking Series Large-Sized Copperplates Representing Citrons Lemons Bitter Oranges Surreal Scenes Majesty Wonder Ordering Plants By Post Mostly From Italy Germany North Africa Even Cape Good Hope Nuremberg Merchant Was A Devotee Fragrant Exotic At Time When Such Were Still Largely Unknown Alps His Garden Came To Contain Wide Variety Specimens He Became So Obsessed With That Commissioned Team Copperplate Engravers Create 256 Plates 170 Varieties Many Depicted Life Size Published Two-Volume Work First Volume Appeared 1708 Impressively Lengthy Title Hesperides Or: Detailed Description Noble Citron Lemon Orange How These May Be Correctly Planted Cared For Propagated Neighboring Regions Both Volumes Draws On Years Hands-On Experience Present Far-Reaching Account Tend Them-From Meticulous Walk-Through Construct Temporary Orangeries Glasshouses Hothouses Growing Pineapples Commentary Each Fruit Including Its Shape Color Scent Tree Or Shrub Leaves Country Origin Plate Pays Tribute Verdant Landscapes Northern Native Other Sites Captured Imagination Genovese Sea Views Schoenbrunn Palace Locale Is Same Exceptional Detail Overhangs It We Witness Branches Heavy Grapefruits Arching Across Sun-Bathed Yard Bologna Marvel Huge Pineapple Plant Sprouting South American Town Result Once Fantastical Line-Up Botanical Beauty Highly Poetic Tour Through Lush Gardens Places Where Grew Few Colored Sets Volkamer\ S Are Existence Today This Publication Two Recently Discovered Hand-Colored City Furth\ Municipal Archive Schloss Burgfarrnbach Reprint Also Includes 56 Newly Illustrations Intended Third Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0117 Διαστάσεις: 27 6X27 6Cm