Tropical plants in focus : botanical illustration at the Singapore Botanic Gardens / Michele Rodda
Author(s): Rodda, Michele
Library Item Details
- 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
Availability
| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Rotunda Library & Archive
|
Books
|
580.95957 ROD
|
Available
|
