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An archaeobotanist investigates the #botanical secrets hidden in Renaissance paintings.
https://t.co/pIo5mPS6O3
Darwin the #botanist? On Charles Darwin's groundbreaking research in plant #pollination: https://t.co/M9HyTTNeuj
Don't miss this amazing #openaccess resource from our friends @BioDivLibrary, offering free access to over 150,000 illustrations of flora and fauna: https://t.co/fVzDpMOZra
Have you explored the 'Poetic Botany' exhibition from @NYBG yet? This interactive digital exhibition illuminates the cross section between art, science, and poetry through nine plant species.
Check it out here: https://t.co/ykAsk8CCDe
In 1815, Welsh botanical illustrator Sydenham Edwards founded Edward's Botanical Register, a horticultural magazine featuring illustrations like this print of Angraecum caudatum.
View more from the magazine on JSTOR Global Plants, courtesy of @CUHerb: https://t.co/HZOK3O7ra0
Our last #PlantFacts of 2019 is on the pomegranate! #DidYouKnow that in ancient Rome, pomegranate juice was thought to cure infertility, while its leaves were fashioned into crowns for newlywed women?
Read more from @kewgardens: https://t.co/d16vDTFh8u
Japan’s #BotanicalHistory blossomed in the 17th century. Artists experimented with a variety of techniques, using ink, screen painting, and gold leaf, as seen in these works by Kawahara Keiga and Ogata Kōrin.
Learn more here: https://t.co/Uvoq0Uo9eq
Shakespeare's plays contain hundreds of references to flora and fauna, each of which would have conveyed coded meaning to Early Modern audiences. This article from @AustGHS examines the symbolism of #plants in Hamlet.
Read the full article on JSTOR: https://t.co/SFbeSeHSWk
#DidYouKnow that orchids have existed for 100 million years? These #botanicalillustrations from German artist, botanist, and orchid-specialist Erich Nelson are now available on Global Plants thanks to @unibern and the Nelson Foundation.
View more here: https://t.co/kxpxNkN2eI
These #botanicalillustrations of South Africa's Cape Floral Kingdom were painted by Francis Masson, the first #botanist @kewgardens sent abroad.
Click to view the collection on Global Plants: https://t.co/JXTIrGDs2f
Learn more from @DumbartonOaks here: https://t.co/KRe7jvYIz3