ISHS Acta Horticulturae 759: XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: Global Horticulture: Diversity and Harmony, an Introduction to IHC2006
ART AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON HORTICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY |
| Author: | J. Janick |
| Keywords: | plant image, horticulture |
| Abstract:
Works of art from antiquity to the present constitute an alternate source of information on horticultural technology and science providing significant information on subjects such as the history of technology, crop evolution, lost traits, and crop dispersal. Sources include ancient mosaics, sculpture, illustrations of medieval manuscripts, renaissance paintings, and illustrations from illuminated and printed herbals. The uses of art as a source of horticultural technology will be illustrated using examples of Paleolithic sculpture and painting, Egyptian and Mesopotamian sculpture and painting, ancient Greek paintings, Roman mosaics, Medieval illuminated herbals, and Renaissance art in its many manifestations, including an illustrated prayer book, frescoed ceilings, paintings, drawings, sculpture, and woodcuts from printed herbals. The systematic collection of crop iconography from the artistic record would be an invaluable resource to crop researchers and a project (Plant Image) is being organized to assemble a searchable database of crop images. | |
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