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Birds
Mavis Pilbeam
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Description for Birds
Paperback. The British Museums vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro chose to show birds in realistic detail, going about their daily lives. Other artists concentrate on scientific accuracy. This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Pilbeam, Mavis. Num Pages: 96 pages, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGN; DCQ; WNCB; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
The British Museum’s vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro chose to show birds in realistic detail, going about their daily lives. Other artists concentrate on scientific accuracy. The endless variety of birds, their freedom of sky, land and water, and especially their song have also inspired writers through the ages. Each striking image in this beautiful anthology is matched with a poem about the same species. Some were composed by our best-loved writers – including Shakespeare, Chaucer and Tennyson – and ... Read more
The British Museum’s vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro chose to show birds in realistic detail, going about their daily lives. Other artists concentrate on scientific accuracy. The endless variety of birds, their freedom of sky, land and water, and especially their song have also inspired writers through the ages. Each striking image in this beautiful anthology is matched with a poem about the same species. Some were composed by our best-loved writers – including Shakespeare, Chaucer and Tennyson – and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714151120
SKU
V9780714151120
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Mavis Pilbeam
Mavis Pilbeam was previously Librarian in the Japanese Section of the Department of Asia in the British Museum. She is the author of several children’s books about Japan as well as Haiku Animals. She is a keen birdwatcher and a Life Member of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. She also belongs to the Wild Bird Society of ... Read more
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