Nature Illustration/Audubon Bibliography

NATURE ILLUSTRATION/AUDUBON BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


Books
Audubon Books Scientific Illustration Books Video

World Wide Web
Audubon Web Sites Scientific Illustration Web Sites


AUDUBON BOOKS

Audubon, John James. The 1826 Journal. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1967. Main QL31 .A9 A24.

Audubon, John James. Audubon Watercolors and Drawings. [Utica? : s.n., 1965] Main ND1839 .A9 D94 1965.

Audubon, John James. The Watercolors for The Birds of America. New York, NY: Villard Books: New-York Historical Society, c1993. Main folio & Pub QL681 .A97 1993.

Bay, J. Christian. Copy of the MSS, Alphabetical Index to The Birds of America, by John James Audubon. 1911. Main QL674 .A93 1911.

Clement, Roland C. The Living World of Audubon. New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1974. Main QL674 .C53.

Sotheby’s. The Library of H. Bradley Martin: John James Audubon, Magnificent Books and Manuscripts. New York, NY: Sotheby's, [1989]. Main Z997 .M37 S68 1989.

Streshinsky, Shirley. Audubon: Life and Art in the American Wilderness. New York, NY: Villard Books, 1993. Main QL31 .A9 S77 1993.

Townsend, Charles Wendell. In Audubon's Labrador. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. Main F1136 .T76 1918.

Wainwright, Alexander D., ed. John James Audubon. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1960. Main QL31 .A9 J6.

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SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION BOOKS
Arnosky, Jim. Drawing Life in Motion. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, c1984. Pub NC785 .A76 1984.

Arnosky, Jim. Secrets of a Wildlife Watcher. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1983. Pub QL60 .A76 1983, 1991.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Autumn. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Biodiv Juv NC825 .O88 A74 1988.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Spring. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1987. Biodiv Juv NC825 .O88 A76 1987.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Summer. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Biodiv Juv NC825 .O88 A78 1988.

Arnosky, Jim. Sketching Outdoors in Winter. New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1988. Biodiv Juv NC735 .A76 1988.

Bridson, Gavin D.R. and White, James J. Plant, Animal & Anatomical Illustration in Art & Science: A Bibliographical Guide from the 16th Century to the Present Day. Winchester, VA: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1990. SC QH46.5 .B74 1990.

Herdeg, Walter. The Artist in the Service of Science. Zürich: W. Herdeg, The Graphis Press, [c1973]. Main QH318 .H47.

Hodges, Elaine R. S., ed. The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1988. Main REF Q122 .G85 1988.

Papp, Charles S. An Introduction to Scientific Illustration. Riverside, CA: Papp, 1963. Main REF & Ent Q222 .P21 1963.

Ridgway, John Livesy. Scientific Illustration. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, [c1938]. Main REF & Ent NC960 .R54.

Scientific Illustration: A Creative Source Directory. [Washington, D.C.]: Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, [c1985]. Main QH46.5 .S37 1985.

Yawkey, Lee. Birds in Art, 1990: An International Exhibition. Wausau, WI: The Museum, c1990. Main N7665 .B57 1990.

Yawkey, Lee. Birds in Art 1992: An International Exhibition. Wausau, WI: The Museum, c1992. Main N7665 .B57 1992.

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VIDEO
John James Audubon: The Birds of America
. [S.l.]: Home Visions, c1985. 1 videocassette (29 min.). Main QL31.A9 J64 1985.

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AUDUBON WEB SITES
The Complete Collection of the Printed Works of John James Audubon

http://www.jjaudubon.com/

Comprehensive site, commercial bias.

John James Audubon’s The Birds of America

http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/audubon/audubon.htm

This site from the Historical Museum of Southern Florida features changing on-line exhibits from the first and second editions of Audubon’s Birds of America.

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SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION WEB SITES
American Society of Botanical Artists

http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/ASBA/ASBotArtists.html

Web site of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Check out the Participants’ Gallery.

Association of Medical Illustrators

http://medical-illustrators.org/

"Its members are primarily artists who create material designed to facilitate the recording and dissemination of medical and bioscientific knowledge through visual communication media."

Greyhawk’s Bird Photography

http://www.members.tripod.com/Greyhawk_1/archives/archives_bird.html

Large collection of photographs by nature and wildlife photographers.

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators

http://gnsi.science-art.com/ ; http://www.gnsi.org/

Web site of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. No gallery, but some interesting statistics.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/

Host site for the American Society of Botanical Illustrators (ASBA).

International Association of Astronomical Artists

http://www.iaaa.org

The site features highlights from Pulsar, the newsletter for IAAA,

Medical College of Georgia

http://www.mcg.edu/sah/medill/mi-alum-gallery.html

Gallery of medical illustrations by faculty and students at the Medical College of Georgia.

The Ornithological Web Library

http://aves.net/the-owl/

Web sites devoted to wild birds and their study.

Science-Art.Com

http://science-art.com/index2.html

Commercial resource site for science and medical illustrators/artists.

Scientific Illustration at UC Santa Cruz

http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciIllus.html

Informational site to the well-regarded scientific illustration program at UCSC, including requirements for entry.

Wildlife and Botanical Artists

http://wba.asn.au/

Web site of the Wildlife and Botanical Artists Group. Contains an Artists’ Gallery and interesting links

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All materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, or Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.


 

 

 

 

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