Female artists of the 18th century often paint (only) still lifes – and thus produce works in a genre that is still regarded today as... Read More

This paper will examine the place occupied by native flora in representations of country in the work of First Nations female painters. The paper will... Read More

From the paintings of exquisite floral arrangements by Rachel Ruysch to the meticulous documentation of entomological subjects in their tropical milieu by Maria Sibylla Merian,... Read More

The interest in nature—expressed through artistic gardens and works of art with botanical and zoological subjects—widespread in grand ducal Florence, had a reflection in some... Read More

The rooms of the British Museum in London host, among countless other treasures, the so-called “Flora Delanica”, one of the most surprising herbariums of the... Read More

When in 1686 Catherine Perrot (d. 1690) published a treatise on the art of painting in miniature, she became one of the only known women... Read More

My paper focuses on Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841), an important but largely overshadowed figure in nineteenth century ornithology. Elizabeth, in partnership with her husband John Gould,... Read More

Properzia de’ Rossi lived in 16th-century Bologna: first schultora in history of art, she took part in the construction of the main basilica in the... Read More

In the early seventeenth century, Roman nobles prized flowers for their exoticism and beauty. They constructed decorative gardens, collected rare and exotic plants, and commissioned... Read More