Day: 27 July 2017

  • Botanical Art and Gwendolyn Hales

    Botanical Art and Gwendolyn Hales

    Botanical Art and Gwendolyn Hales By Alexandra Pulchny, Collections and Outreach Assistant, Acadia University Art Gallery It seems botanical art is quite popular in the art world, but where did it originate from? Botanical art began in ancient Greece as a way to catalog plants that had economic value and healing properties. In 18th-century Europe,…