TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,Ernest E.
TI  - A Handbook of Plant-Form: For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and Amateurs 
T2  - Cambridge library collection. Botany and horticulture
SN  - 9781107262225 (ebook)
AV  - NK1560 .C53 1904
U1  - 745 23
PY  - 1904///
CY  - Place of publication not identified
PB  - publisher not identified
KW  - Decoration and ornament
KW  - Plant forms
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Plants
N2  - Written and richly illustrated by the Derby-born artist Ernest Ellis Clark (1869–1932), this guide was originally published in 1904 to demonstrate the decorative possibilities of certain plants, mainly English wild flowers, to art students sitting examinations in plant drawing and design. Clark emphasises the importance of retaining a certain amount of botanical accuracy and provides examples of the ornamental possibilities of selected plants in various stages of their development. The language employed in describing the plants is not rigorously scientific and may be understood by those with little familiarity with botanical terms (a brief glossary is also provided). By focusing primarily on accurate renderings of the plants, rather than decorative applications, Clark allows the student's originality to remain unaffected by his personal preferences, and in so doing he allows students to adapt his teachings to their particular tastes and styles
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107262225
ER  -