A new flowering - 1000 years of botanical art By Shirley Sherwood ISBN 1854442066, published in 2005 by The Ashmolean Museum, colour, soft gatefold cover, 200 pages Price $A69.95 plus $A11 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

A catalogue of The Ashmolean’s leading exhibition of 2005, providing a unique opportunity to compare illustrations by contemporary artists alongside remarkable botanical art of the past.

Table of contents

• Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
• Foreword by Dr Christopher Brown
• Nature portrayed - botanical painting from antiquity to the contemporary age
• The renaissance of contemporary botanical art
• Catalogue [pages 16-171]
• Biographies of contemporary artists
• The scientific content of botanical illustration
• Techniques of botanical illustration
• Bibliography
• Index of artists and authors