Remarkable Renaissance Books Subject / Biography/Autobiography

Remarkable Renaissance Books Subject / Biography/AutobiographyRemarkable Renaissance Books tells the story of eighteen extraordinary early printed volumes, from the very first titles printed in the fifteenth century to the groundbreaking scientific texts of the Enlightenment. Including Gutenberg's watershed Bible, a maths book illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo's observations of mountains on the Moon, Kepler's treatise on a supernova, Robert Hooke's discovery of microscopic honeycomb structures he coined

cacti and tropical plants

Almost everything can be made by an absolute beginner

from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X

on how they started out and how they hope to continue

from barnacles that anchor themselves to rocks and sloths that cling to rainforest branches to plant roots that reach deep into the earth to keep them still

perfect for protecting your hands next time you’re baking

she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka

allowing practitioners to flee their daily cares into a world of balance

‘Kelly’s work is quintessentially south-eastern

and the unpublished paintings that he added into certain books in his library

Susie experiments with delicate brush strokes and pastel and bright colours to depict seeds blowing in the wind

Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists