audubon john james olson roberta (1 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. In an equally fine slip-case and publisher's protective cardboard casing. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 1 v. : col. ill. ; 33 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; A biograhical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old, some things borrowed, but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley -- Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson -- The rest of the flock -- Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli. Subjects; Audubon, John James (1785-1851). Birds of America ; Exhibitions. New-York Historical Society ; Exhibitions. Historical Society New York. Birds in art ; Exhibitions. Birds North America ; Pictorial works. Birds North America ; Pictorial works ; Exhibitions. Ornithological illustration ; Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, American ; Exhibitions. Ornithologists United States ; Biography. Wildlife artists United States ; Biography. Artists United States. Zoological illustration United States. Aves Illustrations United States. Audubon, John James (1785-1851). Genre; Illustrated. 5 Kg.