Andrea Puccio, director of the library, presents a tour of the latest Paginations installation, Birds, Bees, Flowers, and Trees. Turn the page on nature-inspired prints and books that bloom with curiosity. Featuring illustrations from the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through contemporary artists’ books grappling with climate change, this talk takes a closer look at the ways artists have documented the natural world around them.
This tour is presented as part of Member Appreciation Week (July 20–24).
Image: Crispijn van de Passe, Cognoscite lilia agri quomodo crescent (Cologne, 1614), The Clark Library, Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection, NK1560 .P38
Andrea Puccio, director of the library, presents a tour of the latest Paginations installation, Birds, Bees, Flowers, and Trees. Turn the page on nature-inspired prints and books that bloom with curiosity. Featuring illustrations from the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries through contemporary artists’ books grappling with climate change, this talk takes a closer look at the ways artists have documented the natural world around them.
This tour is presented as part of Member Appreciation Week (July 20–24).
Image: Crispijn van de Passe, Cognoscite lilia agri quomodo crescent (Cologne, 1614), The Clark Library, Mary Ann Beinecke Decorative Art Collection, NK1560 .P38