Attend the following event Thursday, October 24, 4-5pm in the WVU Downtown Campus Library Room 1020 and post on social media - TW, IG and/or FB. Must tag WVU Libraries.
FACULTY EXHIBIT AWARD WINNER: BIG GREEN DATA: HERBALS, SCIENCE, AND ART
Room 1020 - Oct-Dec 2019, Jan-May Spring 2020 EVL, Program TBD
Gallery talk: Thursday, October 24, 4pm in 1020
Dr. Lara Farina's recent research focuses on the botanic world in pre-modern medicine, philosophy, art, and literature, specifically that of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The exhibit introduces viewers to historic herbals, the art and literature they inspired, and present-day correlatives. Illustrations from premodern herbals and encyclopedia with some from botanical works in the West Virginia & Regional History Center Rare Books collection, and the WVU Herbarium are highlighted.
