New Exhibit, More Than Just A Picture
Our new exhibit, More Than Just A Picture: A Garden of Graphics in Special Collections, is now up. In order to be aware of new plant breeds, scientists and growers need to receive accurate renderings of new cultivars. Photographs have been used to provide these renderings since the late nineteenth century. Before the invention of the camera, such renderings came from artists and publishers who specialized in botanical illustration. Artists continue to fill a need in scientific research and they join a small group of fine press printers who find their subject matter in nature. This exhibit offers a selection of images from collections in Special Collections originally made for scholars, growers, and ultimately, collectors.
More Than Just A Picture, located in the display cases in the lobby directly in front of Special Collections, was prepared by University Archivist John Skarstad. The exhibit, which will be up for Spring and Summer Quarters, can be viewed anytime Shields Library is open.