Society & Culture

Art/Science of Illustrating Nature


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Listen to our facilitator, Canberra journalist and garden-lover Genevieve Jacobs along with botanical artist Julia Landford, ANU anthropologist Dr Bronwen Douglas and leading botanist Dr Judy West to discuss the context and importance of the natural history art that arose from the Cook voyages, as well as discussing the continuing significance of natural history art in the scientific field today.
Image: Moses Griffith (1747- 1819), Rainbow Lorikeet, 1772, nla.cat-6155314
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Society & CultureBy National Library of Australia