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Japanese bamboo journal with Shirasawa Makino 1912 Nihon Chikurui Zufu on wooden bench in zen garden with raked gravel and bamboo plants - LeBonJournal

The Bamboo That Flowers Once in a Century: Shir...

In 1912, botanist Yasuyoshi Shirasawa and artist Tomitaro Makino published the definitive visual atlas of Japanese bamboo — a work of such scientific precision and quiet beauty that it remains...

The Bamboo That Flowers Once in a Century: Shir...

In 1912, botanist Yasuyoshi Shirasawa and artist Tomitaro Makino published the definitive visual atlas of Japanese bamboo — a work of such scientific precision and quiet beauty that it remains...

Victorian cottage garden in full summer bloom with roses and hollyhocks, stone bench with journal and white gloves, Georgian country house in the background - LeBonJournal

The Golden Summer of Kate Greenaway: Art, Fashi...

Kate Greenaway did not merely illustrate the Victorian age — she shaped it. A look at the artist whose cottage gardens, high-waisted gowns, and golden summer light enchanted a generation...

The Golden Summer of Kate Greenaway: Art, Fashi...

Kate Greenaway did not merely illustrate the Victorian age — she shaped it. A look at the artist whose cottage gardens, high-waisted gowns, and golden summer light enchanted a generation...

Art Déco Parisian study with open pochoir portfolio in Marthe Romme style, fine brushes, pigment pots and white gloves on lacquered desk, Paris 1919 - LeBonJournal

Rain and Flowers: Marthe Romme and the Art Déco...

In 1919, French designer Marthe Romme published a portfolio of fourteen pochoir lithographs illustrating the months of the French Republican Calendar. Two of them — Pluviôse, the month of rain,...

Rain and Flowers: Marthe Romme and the Art Déco...

In 1919, French designer Marthe Romme published a portfolio of fourteen pochoir lithographs illustrating the months of the French Republican Calendar. Two of them — Pluviôse, the month of rain,...

 French naturalist's study with Dictionnaire pittoresque open to hand-coloured baobab engraving, watercolour brushes, quill pen and botanical specimens, Paris 1830s - LeBonJournal

The Tree That Became a Book: Baobab and Beech i...

Two trees, one French encyclopaedia, and a story that spans continents. The baobab — ancient, colossal, sacred — and the beech, whose very name gave us the word for book....

The Tree That Became a Book: Baobab and Beech i...

Two trees, one French encyclopaedia, and a story that spans continents. The baobab — ancient, colossal, sacred — and the beech, whose very name gave us the word for book....

Austro-Hungarian imperial cabinet of curiosities with open zoological atlases showing chromolithographic fish plates, specimen jars and magnifying glass, Vienna 1887 - LeBonJournal

Colour from the Deep: Gustav von Hayek and the ...

In 1887, Austrian naturalist Gustav von Hayek contributed to one of the most ambitious zoological atlases of the century. The story of the fish plates that turned scientific observation into...

Colour from the Deep: Gustav von Hayek and the ...

In 1887, Austrian naturalist Gustav von Hayek contributed to one of the most ambitious zoological atlases of the century. The story of the fish plates that turned scientific observation into...

Japanese woodblock print studio with carved woodblocks, washi paper, ink pots and brushes in Taisho era Shin-hanga style - LeBonJournal

Silence Over the Marsh: Ohara Koson and the Art...

In Japanese art and poetry, the wild goose has carried a weight of meaning for more than a thousand years — the bird of autumn, of migration, of distances too...

Silence Over the Marsh: Ohara Koson and the Art...

In Japanese art and poetry, the wild goose has carried a weight of meaning for more than a thousand years — the bird of autumn, of migration, of distances too...