Researchers analyzing ancient pottery from Northern Mesopotamia have identified what may be the world's earliest botanical ...
Learn how botanical illustrator Alice Tangerini keeps traditional artistic methods alive in the increasingly digital world of science Emma Saaty Smithsonian botanical illustrator, Alice Tangerini, has ...
Take a look at a garden or landscape. You probably see some plants. Now focus in on one plant. Depending on the season, you might see stems, leaves, buds, flowers, seeds. You might note spines and ...
Molly Brown has always loved hanging out with plants. Growing up in Connecticut, she spent her days exploring a nearby 40-acre lot she “knew like the back of her hand,” picking flowers and drawing ...
It has been seven years since the Valley has experienced a large-scale glass art installation from Dale Chihuly. That changes on Dec. 3 when the revolutionary artist begins a 6-month long engagement, ...
A new study published in the Journal of World Prehistory reveals that some of humanity's earliest artistic representations of botanical figures were far more than decorative; they were mathematical.
At the Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley and Dover, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society hosts botanical art classes that teach students to see plants in a new light. Instructor Alice Rosa, whose ...
"Lightscape," a mile-long trail of night-time art installations, is drawing crowds of visitors to the San Francisco Botanical ...
Analysis by Hebrew University researchers shows 8,000-year-old Halafian pottery sherds bearing symmetry and numerical patterning in images of trees, flowers and shrubs The post Study of prehistoric ...
Jamie Burghardt believes that botanical gardens are best viewed, evaluated and documented as living art museums. That belief comes with his turf as director of horticulture and education at the ...