Title & Author:

Capturing nature : 150 years of nature printing / [edited by] Matthew Zucker, Pia Östlund ; with contributions by: Harry Willis Fleming, Nicole Hanquart & Régine Fabri, Naomi Hume, Jessica C. Linker, Adam Lowe, Pia Östlund, Harriet Rix, Michele Rodda ; historical texts by: Alois Auer von Welsbach, Franz Ernst Brückmann, Ernst Fischer, Ernst Wilhelm Martius, Eric P. Newman.

Publication:

New York, NY : Princeton Architectural Press, a division of Chronicle Books LLC, [2022]
©2022

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm

Notes:
Title page is on page [41]; colophon is on page 312.
Originally published in 2022 with a limited run by Zucker Art Books.
"Capturing Nature presents forty-five varied nature printing methods, identified from books and journals within the Zucker Collection, which covers the period 1733 to 1902. These forty-five methods, as we have defined them, are described in two chapters: "Direct Impressions," which lists methods of printing directly from a plant or natural object; "Indirect Impressions," which lists methods where a printing plate has been made. ... The booklist, in the center of the book, lists, in chronological order, the 130 books and journals that make up the Zucker Collection. Each item has been assigned a unique number, ranging from B001 to B130, which is used throughout the book to identify that particular publication"--Page 47.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Two hundred years of nature printing / Ernst Fischer -- Benjamin Franklin's "Numismatic Secret" : nature printing on American Colonial and Continental currency / Eric P. Newman -- A coda to Eric Newman's observations on nature printing on Colonial and Continental currency / Jessica C. Linker -- The role of electricity in the creation of figures and images / Adam Lowe -- Richard Cockle Lucas: truth is stranger than fiction even in the leaves of the chestnut tree / Harry Willis Fleming -- Printing American oak leaves in Belgium / Nicole Hanquart & Régine Fabri -- The convenient and useful way to print plants from life / Franz Erns Brückmann -- Latest instructions for printing plants from life / Ernst Wilhelm Martius -- The discovery of the natural printing-process / Alois Auer von Welsbach -- The meeting of the green books : Kyhl's manuscripts and Auer's Kyhl facsimile / Pia Östlund -- Nature printing in Japan / Michelle Rodda -- An anatomy of nature printing : skeletons revealed / Harriet Rix -- The nature print and photography / Naomi Hume -- Tools.

Summary:

"Capturing Nature is the ultimate guide to nature printing, a beautiful and invaluable reference work for scholars, artists, designers, botanists, and anyone interested in nature, botanical illustration, and printing. Hailed as the earliest precursor to photography, nature printing is the practice of using impressions from the surface of natural objects such as leaves, flowering plants, ferns, seaweed, snakeskin, and more to produce an image. The Zucker Collection is the most extensive collection of nature prints ever assembled, with more than 13,000 images across 130 rare and seminal works from 1733 to 1902, including journals, published books, unique manuscripts, American currency, and instructional texts related to nature printing. For the first time, readers will be able to view these nature prints presented side by side, enabling unique comparisons and undertaking a visually stunning journey through the developments over a 150-year period in printing methods including photography and examples of cyanotypes"--Publisher's description

ISBN:

1797222465 hardcover
9781797222462 hardcover

Subject:

Zucker, Matthew Art collections Catalogs.
Irving Zucker Art Books Art collections Catalogs.
Nature prints Catalogs.
Nature in art Catalogs.
Natural history illustration Catalogs.
Botanical illustration Catalogs.
Impression naturelle directe Catalogues.
Nature dans l'art Catalogues.
Illustration en sciences naturelles Catalogues.
Illustration botanique Catalogues.
ART / Techniques / Printmaking.
ART / Prints.
ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals.
Nature prints

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Zucker, Matthew, editor, contributor.
Östlund, Pia, editor, contributor.
Fabri, Régine, 1954- contributor.
Fleming, Harry Willis, contributor.
Hanquart, Nicole, contributor.
Hume, Naomi, 1971- contributor.
Linker, Jessica C., contributor.
Lowe, Adam, 1959- contributor.
Rix, Harriet, contributor.
Rodda, Michele, 1982- contributor.
Lapper, Ellen, translator.
Glassman, Kim, translator.
Kerr-Jarrett, Andrew, translator.
Fischer, Ernst. Two hundred years of nature printing.
Auer, Alois, 1813-1869. The discovery of the natural printing-process.
Brückmann, Franz Ernst, 1697-1753. The convenient and useful way to print plants from life.
Martius, Ernst Wilhelm, 1756-1849. Latest instructions for printing plants from life.
Newman, Eric P. Benjamin Franklin's "Numismatic secret": nature printing on American Colonial and Continental currency.
Irving Zucker Art Books.
Princeton Architectural Press, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318454
Call No.: 318454
Copy: 1
Status: Available