Following in the Bartram's footsteps
Subtitle: contemporary botanical artists explore the Bartrams' legacy
Publisher: American Society of Botanical Artists
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bronx, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9780982802694
Subjects: Exhibitions; Botanical illustration; Natural history illustration; Plants in art; Flowers in art; Endemic plants; Pictorial works
Other titles: Contemporary botanical artists explore the Bartrams' legacy
Description: "John Bartram and his family influenced generations of artists and explorers by modeling passionate observation and discovery of nature. The American Society of Botanical Artists, in collaboration with Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia, PA, curated an exhibition of original contemporary botanical artworks depicting plants discovered and introduced by the Bartrams, American pioneers in botany, horticulture, and natural history illustration. This remarkable family hungered for knowledge of the natural world, studied it closely, and dispersed details and methods of that study. They shaped a way of observation that we as botanical artists employ today, and the plants we observe have often passed throughtheir hands to ours. Focusing on the native plant discoveries made by John and [his son] William Bartram in their travels throughout the eastern wilderness between the 1730's and 1790's, the exhibition of forty-four original artworks allows a fresh look at their seminal body of knowledge and art. This illustrated, full-color book connects the exhibition's artworks to the historic father and son team who inspired them. In-depth essays and informative materials allow viewers and reders to better interpret this important history, as well as the role contemporary artists play in depicting these plants for today's audience and preserving their record for generations to come."--
Notes: Catalog of a traveling exhibition curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists in collaboration with Bartram's Garden, featuring 44 artworks of plants grown, sold, and introduced by John and William Bartram, centered upon their native US plant introductions.

Exhibition venues: Bartram’s Garden Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April 26-May 24, 2013; South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL, September 19-December, 30 2013; Cherokee Garden Library/Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA, March 17-June 17, 2014; North Carolina Botanical Garden, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, August 30-November 2, 2014.

Map on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Sir Peter Crane; title: John and William Bartram: American natural history artists / Joel Fry; title: John and William Bartram's explorations / Brad Sanders; title: Following in the Bartram's footsteps / Patricia Jonas; title: Artists and artworks.