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Capturing nature : 150 years of nature printing
Title
Capturing nature : 150 years of nature printing / [edited by] Matthew Zucker, Pia Östlund ; with contributions by: Harry Willis Fleming, Nicole Hanquart & Régine Fabri, Naomi Hume, Jessica C. Linker, Adam Lowe, Pia Östlund, Harriet Rix, Michele Rodda ; historical texts by: Alois Auer von Welsbach, Franz Ernst Brückmann, Ernst Fischer, Ernst Wilhelm Martius, Eric P. Newman.
ISBN
1797222465
9781797222462
Publication
New York, NY : Princeton Architectural Press, a division of Chronicle Books LLC, [2022]
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Notes
Title page is on page [41]; colophon is on page 312.
Originally published in 2022 with a limited run by Zucker Art Books.
"Capturing Nature presents forty-five varied nature printing methods, identified from books and journals within the Zucker Collection, which covers the period 1733 to 1902. These forty-five methods, as we have defined them, are described in two chapters: "Direct Impressions," which lists methods of printing directly from a plant or natural object; "Indirect Impressions," which lists methods where a printing plate has been made. ... The booklist, in the center of the book, lists, in chronological order, the 130 books and journals that make up the Zucker Collection. Each item has been assigned a unique number, ranging from B001 to B130, which is used throughout the book to identify that particular publication"--Page 47.
Summary
"Capturing Nature is the ultimate guide to nature printing, a beautiful and invaluable reference work for scholars, artists, designers, botanists, and anyone interested in nature, botanical illustration, and printing. Hailed as the earliest precursor to photography, nature printing is the practice of using impressions from the surface of natural objects such as leaves, flowering plants, ferns, seaweed, snakeskin, and more to produce an image. The Zucker Collection is the most extensive collection of nature prints ever assembled, with more than 13,000 images across 130 rare and seminal works from 1733 to 1902, including journals, published books, unique manuscripts, American currency, and instructional texts related to nature printing. For the first time, readers will be able to view these nature prints presented side by side, enabling unique comparisons and undertaking a visually stunning journey through the developments over a 150-year period in printing methods including photography and examples of cyanotypes"--Publisher's description
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 18, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Two hundred years of nature printing / Ernst Fischer
Benjamin Franklin's "Numismatic Secret" : nature printing on American Colonial and Continental currency / Eric P. Newman
A coda to Eric Newman's observations on nature printing on Colonial and Continental currency / Jessica C. Linker
The role of electricity in the creation of figures and images / Adam Lowe
Richard Cockle Lucas: truth is stranger than fiction even in the leaves of the chestnut tree / Harry Willis Fleming
Printing American oak leaves in Belgium / Nicole Hanquart & Régine Fabri
The convenient and useful way to print plants from life / Franz Erns Brückmann
Latest instructions for printing plants from life / Ernst Wilhelm Martius
The discovery of the natural printing-process / Alois Auer von Welsbach
The meeting of the green books : Kyhl's manuscripts and Auer's Kyhl facsimile / Pia Östlund
Nature printing in Japan / Michelle Rodda
An anatomy of nature printing : skeletons revealed / Harriet Rix
The nature print and photography / Naomi Hume
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