A Handbook of Plant-Form: For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and Amateurs

Ernest E. Clark

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107262225

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Ernest E. Clark

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2014
Print publication year:: 2014
First published in:: 1904
Online ISBN:: 9781107262225
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107262225

Subjects:: Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Botanical Reference
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

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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.

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For Students of Design, Art Schools, Teachers and Amateurs

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

PREFACE
pp v-vi

LIST OF PLATES
pp vii-viii

INTRODUCTION
pp 9-15

LEAF FORMS
pp 16-17

BLACKBERRY, or BRAMBLE
pp 18-21

WILD ROSE
pp 22-27

THE OX-EYE DAISY
pp 28-29

THE WHITE BRYONY
pp 30-33

THE HOODED BINDWEED
pp 34-35

NASTURTIUM
pp 36-39

MEADOW CRANE'S-BILL
pp 40-43

SWEET PEA
pp 44-47

WOODY NIGHTSHADE
pp 48-49

BLACK BRYONY
pp 50-51

HAWTHORN (May or Whitethorn)
pp 52-55

THE BUTTERCUP
pp 56-59

MARSH MARIGOLD
pp 60-63

THE HAREBELL
pp 64-65

THE PRIMROSE
pp 66-67

THE COWSLIP
pp 68-69

THE DANDELION
pp 70-73

GOAT'S-BEARD
pp 74-75

THE DAFFODIL
pp 76-77

COMMON IVY
pp 78-81

PRIVET
pp 82-85

DAHLIA
pp 86-89

THE GLADIOLUS
pp 90-93

VEGETABLE MARROW
pp 94-97

CRAB-APPLE
pp 98-101

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