About The Artist:
Harry Bertoia
Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis. He was curator of the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria. The bishop was an enthusiastic botanist who derived great pleasure from his garden, which rivaled Hortus Botanicus Leiden among early European botanical gardens outside Italy. The gardens surrounded the...
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About The Medium:
Sculpture
The art of carving, modeling, casting, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions.