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Item Number: 136797
Title: Frutti e Ortaggi nelle nature morte italiane : Repertorio Botanico agronomico ad uso di studiosi e amanti dell'arte
Author: Signorini, Maria Aele (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788896409022
Description: Firenze: Fondazione di studi di storia dell'arte Roberto Longhi, 2015. 27cm., pbk., 141pp. illus., most in color. Summary: The book, written by a team of scholars (plant biologists and agronomists) coordinated by MA Signorini, is intended as a repertoire that can serve as a guide for information and help in the identification of fruit and vegetables in Italian Still lives (17-18th century). It includes an introduction in which the depiction of plants and the problems encountered in their determination are critically discussed, over 60 monographic cards concerning each plant species, a glossary of technical terms and an extensive bibliography. In each monographic card, the scientific name, the most common Italian names and a brief botanical description of the plant are given, as well as information on domestication area, time of introduction and spreading in Europe and in Italy, main cultivated varieties, food uses, time of flowering and fruiting, way of representing the plant in Still lives. Cards are completed with some examples of paintings by Italian artists. (Associazione Amici della Natura Morta Italiana)
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