Postcards Reliefs - Birds of America Postcards 1827-1838 turkish music By turns humbling

By turns humbling

Vollständiger Titel: Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte

Guy Woueté

Während in Europa das Bewusstsein von Landschaft relativ jung ist – es taucht erst in der Malerei der Renaissance auf –

Postcards Reliefs - Birds of America Postcards 1827-1838 turkish music By turns humblingThese twelve plates are part of the 435 engravings that make up the masterpiece of John James Audubon (17851851), The Birds of America, published by subscription in England between 1827 and 1838. The naturalists watercolors, based on birds he observed and hunted along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, were reproduced as aquatints and hand colored, giving them not only scientific value but also remarkable aesthetic qualities. The birds are depicted life