Audubon's aviary : the original watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson ; with an essay by Marjorie Shelley and contributions by Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Alternate Title(s):
Original watercolors for the Birds of America
Published / Created:
New York : New-York Historical Society : 2012.
Physical Description:
448 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 2014 Folio 467: Deluxe edition, with print, in slipcase, and in box as issued.
Contents:
A biograhical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old, some things borrowed, but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson -- Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley -- Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson -- The rest of the flock -- Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Subject Terms:
Audubon, John James, 1785–1851. Birds of America -- Exhibitions. | Birds -- North America -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions. | Birds in art -- Exhibitions. | Ornithological illustration -- Exhibitions. | Watercolor painting, American -- Exhibitions. | Audubon, John James, 1785–1851. | Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography. | Wildlife artists -- United States -- Biography. | New-York Historical Society -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Shelley, Marjorie, 1945– | Mazzitelli, Alexandra. | Audubon, John James, 1785–1851. Birds of America. | New-York Historical Society.