Roses Pierre-Joseph Redouté James Sowerby $22.99 The paintings and drawings of botanical artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) and naturalist/illustrator, James Sowerby (1757-1822), fill the pages of Roses, a collection of botanical art packaged neatly in a softcover book. One hundred fifty-nine of Redouté’s rose paintings and eighty-eight of Sowerby’s paintings/line drawings of plants in the Roseaceae [...]
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Roses by Pierre-Joseph Redouté & James Sowerby
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, botanical illustration, general botany, History, natural science illustration, tagged books, botany, postaweek2011, roses on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Use Your Google Account to Login to ArtPlantae Books
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, tagged affiliate program, corporate sales, fundraising, Google, postaweek2011 on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You now have a new way to login to ArtPlantae Books when making a purchase or posting a comment about a book. Instead of using the username and password created for the store, you can sign-in using your Google account. Signing in with your Google account will save you time. Here’s how: You no longer [...]
ArtPlantae Books Goes Digital with eBooks
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, tagged books, ebooks, Google, IndieBound.org, postaweek2011 on June 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
PRESS RELEASE Independent Bookstore ArtPlantae Books Selling Google eBooks™: “Cloud-Based” Library and Multi-Device Access Allow Indies to Compete in Growing eBook Business June 8, 2011 – Customers and subscribers of ArtPlantae in Riverside, CA no longer have to choose between reading digital and supporting independent bookstores – ArtPlantae Books is now selling Google eBooks™ online [...]
Drawing as a Learning Tool in Biology
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical illustration, Drawing, Education, general botany, tagged biology, natural science illustration, postaweek2011, science education, teaching & learning on January 21, 2011 | 4 Comments »
High school teachers, Brian C. Dempsey and B.J. Betz, describe how they use drawing as a learning tool in Biological Drawing: A Scientific Tool for Learning. They observed that while a lot of time is spent drawing during a typical biology lab, biology instructors do not take the time to teach students how to draw. [...]
Gregor Mendel & His Peas
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, tagged botany, peas, plant genetics, postaweek2011 on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Gregor Mendel was a curious little boy. When he learned that growing two kinds of apple trees together made better fruit and that breeding sheep made thicker wool, he wanted to know how these results were possible. This curiosity lead to a lifetime of research that resulted in Mendel’s 8-year experiment with pea plants and [...]
Springtime Events Celebrate Children & Nature
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged book fair, environment, informal science education, postaweek2011 on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ArtPlantae will take part in the following events. The literacy dinner is a ticketed event designed specifically for teachers and librarians. The family book festival and environmental education fair are open to the public. Hope to see you there! SCIBA Children’s Book & Literacy Dinner SoCalBookScene.com February 26, 2011 An annual event for teachers and [...]
Tree Books for Kids
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, general botany, tagged childrens books, trees on December 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
During Monday’s Ask The Artist with Bruce Lyndon Cunningham, Bruce introduced us to his user-friendly guide to North American gymnosperms. While the guide created by Dr. Elray S. Nixon and Bruce can be used by beginning and experienced naturalists, what about the very youngest of naturalists? Are there books just for them? A teacher in [...]
Forest Connections: Gymnosperms of the United States & Canada
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged conifers, forests, gymnosperms, pine trees on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What is a gymnosperm? The word gymnosperm literally means “naked seed” (gymno=naked, sperm=seed). Gymnosperms have their seeds exposed unlike flowering plants, the angiosperms, which have their seeds enclosed in an ovary (i.e., fruit). The word angiosperm derives its meaning from angio=vessel, sperm=seed. Pine trees are the most often cited example of a gymnosperm. But what [...]
Holiday Savings at ArtPlantae Books
Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged cyber monday, holidays, sale on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Unique gifts and holiday specials at ArtPlantae Books. Holiday specials help you save on shipping expenses now and on new purchases in 2011. Read the details below. NEW! Add a Stocking Stuffer, Receive Free Shipping Add a qualifying stocking stuffer to your order and receive FREE shipping. Orders must be comprised of one item and [...]
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