The Temple Of Flora
The Temple Of Flora
Thornton
The year 1799 witnessed the first installment of a work that has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable books of botanical plates ever published. Two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton`s The Temple of Flora , but its charm remains unsullied today. Although trained as a medical doctor, Thornton (c. 17681837) passionately devoted hims...
Sinopsis
The year 1799 witnessed the first installment of a work that has gone down in history as one of the most remarkable books of botanical plates ever published. Two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton`s The Temple of Flora , but its charm remains unsullied today. Although trained as a medical doctor, Thornton (c. 17681837) passionately devoted himself to botany, a study that had only a few decades earlier established itself as a modern science through Carl Linnaeus`s revolutionary new system of botanic classification based on the structure of blossoms. Thornton greatly honored the ingenious Swedish scientist and wished his own prodigious undertaking to serve as an ultimate monument to the great botanist.Today, Thorton`s extremely diversified and at times longwinded texts may lack botanical significance, but the largeformat plates with their allegorical depictions and stunning floral portraits number among supreme achievements of botanical illustration. Thornton engaged the most renowned flower painters of his age and spared no cost in the creation of this unique work.
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