Skira Rizzoli | ISBN:0847834832 | File Type: PDF, 448 pages | File size: 15.Mb | Sep. 18th, 2012
General Artists: The Original Watercolors for the Birds of America A national treasure is celebrated in this 11 landmark publication The Birds of America is a monumental ic but it has never been explored like this before This important new volume presents all the dazzling watercolors that Audubon painted for these monumental engravings We are familiar with the prints engraved by Robert Havell Jr but Audubon s Aviary illuminates the original masterpieces that were created by Audubon himself and tells the story behind their creation with fresh insights and engaging quotes from his writings These powerf paintings all newly photographed using state of the art techniques possess a startling immediacy vibrancy and fluidity that link natural history art and a respect for the environment 11 These watercolors transmit Audubon s devotion to his craft with their inscriptions and layers of media wrought with a miniaturist s attention to and their revolutionary compositions which for the first time in history depicted all the birds life size Audubon is considered America s first great watercolorist introducing innovative approaches developed over a lifetime of study Even judged alongside today s technology his dramatic tableaux remain some of the most spectacar natural history documents and visually arresting works of art ever produced 11
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