Botanical: observing beauty

Abstract

Botanical takes readers on an intimate stroll through botany, the fine arts, jewelry, and photography, inviting them to immerse themselves in the infinite forms and beauty of plants as reflected in art. Botanical features a way of observing the living world that has been influenced by essential conversations between genres and periods. More than one hundred artists, scientists, and jewelers have participated in this dialogue. Exhibition: Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (17.06-04.09.2022).

Contents

Observing beauty : conversation between Marc Jeanson and Jean-Marc Mansvelt -- The empire of plants / Emanuele Coccia -- The beaux arboretum : a moment in the history of botanical observation / Alice Thomine-Berrada -- Uprooted : the dramatic performance of plants in museums / Filipa Ramos -- A garden for Chaumet / Etel Adnan -- The beauty of flowers : not seeing the wood for the trees / Estelle Zhong Mengual -- Botanical journeys : works illustrated.