Tree

Exploring the Arboreal World

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Beschreibung

<p><b><b><b> Winner of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries 2025 Award of Excellence in Series </b></b></b></p><p><b><b>As seen in <i>The Guardian, Harper's Bazaar, and Wall Street Journal</i></b></b></p><p><b>'It's no secret that I adore trees. This book is a most glorious cornucopia celebrating our enduring love affair with trees - an uplifting and eye-opening tribute to the way they enrich our lives.' - Dame Judi Dench</b></p><p><b>An extraordinary collection of more than 300 images celebrating the beauty and diversity of trees </b></p><p>This exquisite survey presents a breathtaking sequence of full-page images - from landscape paintings and botanical drawings to ancient frescos, vintage book illustrations and contemporary photographs - revealing the tree as a source of inspiration throughout history.</p><p>Spanning continents and cultures, <i>Tree</i> reflects the diversity of its subject, depicting giant sequoias, cherry blossoms, palms, poplars, ginkgoes and other species found across Earth's forest biomes, in a wide-ranging selection of visuals dating from Ancient Greece to the present day. More than 300 images include Roman stone mosaics, illustrated Norse myths, Edo-period woodblock prints and living tree installations, each lavishly reproduced.</p><p>Curated by an international panel of botanists, naturalists, art historians and other experts, the images expand the definition of botanical art, together forming a vibrant, vital homage to the natural world.</p><p>Featured artists and contributors include: Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Ruth Asawa, Paul Cézanne, Agnes Denes, Albrecht Dürer, Caspar David Friedrich; Global Forest Watch, Andy Goldsworthy, Ernst Haeckel, Utagawa Hiroshige, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Sally Mann, Grandma Moses, Marianne North, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Sebastião Salgado, and Yokohama Nursery Co., among others.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781838667795

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

297 x 258 x 38 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Phaidon Verlag GmbH