{"product_id":"anemone-floral-journal","title":"Arentina Arendsen Botanical Journal — 1872-1881 Dutch Floral Watercolors Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is a particular quality of light in the finest Dutch botanical watercolours — a luminosity that seems to come from within the flower itself rather than from any external source, as if the painter had found a way to capture not just the appearance of the petal but its translucency. Between 1872 and 1881, Arentina Hendrica Arendsen (1836–1915) achieved exactly this: her watercolours of garden flowers and exotic species document the natural world with the scientific precision of a naturalist and the sensitivity of an artist, working in a tradition that stretched back to Jan van Huysum and Rachel Ruysch but in the service of something new — the botanical documentation of species that European science was still learning to name and classify.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe front cover carries her \u003cem\u003eAnemone stellata\u003c\/em\u003e — the star anemone of the Mediterranean basin, rendered in the soft, luminous washes of colour layered with meticulous botanical detail that are her signature. The back cover presents two South African species: \u003cem\u003eAnomatheca cruenta\u003c\/em\u003e (now \u003cem\u003eFreesia laxa\u003c\/em\u003e), its blood-red flowers glowing with an almost translucent intensity, and \u003cem\u003eVieusseuxia pavonia\u003c\/em\u003e (now \u003cem\u003eMoraea villosa\u003c\/em\u003e), the peacock moraea, with its jewel-like markings and extraordinary complexity of colour. Together they carry nearly 150 years of Dutch botanical artistry in a single full-wrap watercolour cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront cover: Arentina Arendsen, \u003cem\u003eAnemone stellata\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1872–1881)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack cover: Arentina Arendsen, \u003cem\u003eAnomatheca cruenta\u003c\/em\u003e \u0026amp; \u003cem\u003eVieusseuxia pavonia\u003c\/em\u003e (c.1872–1881)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBotanical art collectors and watercolour enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGardeners and horticulture enthusiasts drawn to anemones and South African species\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmirers of the Dutch botanical illustration tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLovers of Dutch heritage and Victorian botanical art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who finds poetry in petals and inspiration in the quiet precision of 19th-century illustration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beautiful gift for botanical artists, watercolour painters, and nature lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Watercolours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe luminous technique Arendsen inherited from the Dutch Golden Age, the Mediterranean anemone and the South African species that found their way into the Victorian garden, and the tradition of botanical watercolour that made these images possible — \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/arentina-arendsen-1872-1881-dutch-botanical-watercolour-anemone-stellata\"\u003eread the full story on our blog →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":62829709918577,"sku":"19556232264950731793","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/arendsen-botanical-journal-vintage-greenhouse.png?v=1774723461","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/anemone-floral-journal","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}