In December — a prime season for those big coffee table books that shoppers like to give as gifts — maybe we should raise a glass to bird artist John James Audubon, who helped popularize the genre ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
John James Audubon’s Birds of America prints showcase 435 life-size, hand colored species of birds with incredible detail. The library is more than just books, and WUWM’s Books and Beyond series with ...
Two art books revisit 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Elizabeth Gould. Elizabeth Gould’s crimson rosellas (Platycercus elegans), Volume 5, Plate 22, from John Gould’s “The Birds ...
John LaMacchia, “Red Knot” (2016), from the series Birds of America John James Audubon’s Birds of America series captures the wondrous appearances and behaviors of North American avians, recording 435 ...
Setting out to capture in paintings the avian life of a continent, John James Audubon (1785-1851) was nothing if not audacious. His “The Birds of America” aspired to be not only beautiful and lifelike ...
AUDUBON’S AMERICA—Edited by Donald Culross Peattie—Houghton Mifflin ($6). John James Audubon migrated up & down early 19th-Century North America about as freely as the birds he painted. When he was ...
Advocate columnist Danny Heitman will present a talk titled "Great Bird Books" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the EBR Main Library, 7711 Goodood Blvd. The program, hosted by the Baton Rouge Audubon Society, ...