John Gould, Family of ToucansJonathan ElphickLoose Leaf Collection with 51 Fine Art Prints, Booklet, Box, 33.7 x 49 cm, 130 pages, ISBN 978-3-8365-0524-6Multilingual Edition: English, French, German【内容简介】:本书展示了多幅19世纪著名绘鸟插画艺术家约翰.库德的作品。作品用各种不同的颜色展现了栩栩如生的鸟儿,仿佛就要展翅飞翔。一幅幅的作品完全可以分拆开来表起来当做画挂在墙上欣赏。【本书卖点】:1.展现了多幅经过插画家多年研究琢磨的作品。2.每一件作品都栩栩如生John Gould\'s toucans are arguably the most striking and dramatic bird illustrations ever published. Gould (1804–1881), one of the most prolific ornithological artists of the 19th century, had a romantic enthusiasm for winged creatures, as well as a passion for natural history and a impulse to catalog. Drawing on his outstanding scientific and artistic talents, he embarked on a series of projects that would eventually make him the leading publisher of ornithological illustrations in Victorian Britain. Gould\'s unparalleled career spanned five decades, during which he produced a series of books depicting birds from all over the world.The dazzling illustrations from Gould\'s Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans, 1852-1854 represent his most dramatic, magnificent images. The amazing range of vivid colors—shiny black, vibrant red, yellow, and orange—creates an unprecedented sense of animation. Shown against simple backgrounds, Gould\'s toucans look very much alive, as if they were about to take flight. The inspiration for Toucans came while Gould was working on his Birds of Europe, when he became fascinated by the toucan collection of a fellow ornithologist. He made several trips to central European museums to gather material for Toucans, and after publication of the first edition, redrew some of the plates and added 20 new birds to this revised and expanded second edition. All are included in these touchingly beautiful reproductions of Gould\'s hand-colored lithographs.The author:Jonathan Elphick is a British natural history author, editor, consultant, researcher and lecturer, specializing in ornithology. His many books include an acclaimed historical survey of ornithological illustration, Birds: The Art of Ornithology. Based in London, he is a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London。
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