Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World
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"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. Spanning continents and cultures, Tree 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 show more 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. 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. Featured artists and contributors include: Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Ruth Asawa, Paul Cezanne, Agnes Denes, Albrecht Durer, Caspar David Friedrich; Global Forest Watch, Andy Goldsworthy, Ernst Haeckel, Utagawa Hiroshige, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Sally Mann, Grandma Moses, Marianne North, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Daniel Roseberry for Schiaparelli, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Sebastiao Salgado, and Yokohama Nursery Co., among others"--Publisher's description. show lessTags
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One of my favourite large format books of art and photography for all time. The jusxtaposition of old masters with modern painting or sculpture or black and white photography works brilliantly. This would be expensive to buy but worth owning.
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- Every breath we take is possible in large part because of trees.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Once the design is finished, he colours the metal with a range of different chemical solutions — including the juice of the daikon, or Japanese radish — to achieve remarkably naturalistic effects.
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