Postcards Reliefs - Birds of America Postcards 1827-1838 Tine Melzer Words: Amie Berghan Anna Rosa

Words: Amie Berghan Anna Rosa Krau Ania ZoltkowskiDörte de Jesus Eunice Pais Nina Conrad Sophia Schwan

the artist Charles Lindsay began to dream “recipes” in the crepuscule of the subconscious

Ihr pikantes Plädoyer für die Freiheit alleinstehender Frauen ist herrlich schräg und ein Meilenstein der feministischen Literatur

society-help

Unter anderem zweimal mit dem EGON-ERWIN-KISCH-PREIS sowie dem GEORG-VON-HOLTZBRINCK-PREIS für Wissenschaftsjournalismus

Postcards Reliefs - Birds of America Postcards 1827-1838 Tine Melzer Words: Amie Berghan Anna RosaThese twelve plates are part of the 435 engravings that make up the masterpiece of John James Audubon (17851851), The Birds of America, published by subscription in England between 1827 and 1838. The naturalists watercolors, based on birds he observed and hunted along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, were reproduced as aquatints and hand colored, giving them not only scientific value but also remarkable aesthetic qualities. The birds are depicted life