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Tropical plants in focus : botanical illustration at the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Michele Rodda

Author(s): Rodda, Michele

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Main Title
Tropical plants in focus : botanical illustration at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
Author(s)
Rodda, Michele
Publisher
Singapore : National Parks Board, 2021
Collation
106 pages : illustrations
26 cm
ISBN
9789811477843
Dewey Class
580.95957
Contents
Introduction -- From imperial botany to a city in nature -- Illustrating plants, then and now -- Painting the flora of the empire -- Before the Singapore Botanic Gardens -- Botanical illustration at the Singapore Botanic Gardens -- Connections to Peradeniya: the De Alwis brothers -- Conections to Calcutta -- Connections to Penang -- Ridley the artist -- Drawings of fungi and orchids -- The rise of line drawings -- World War II and the Japanese occupation -- From post-war to post-colonial -- The Singapore Botanic Gardens' collections today -- Flora of Singapore -- The Gardens' own Botanical Art Gallery
Language
English
Subject
Botanical illustration
Tropical plants
Botanical gardens
Botanic Gardens (Singapore)
BRN
10615
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