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Overleaf: an Illustrated Guide to Leaves

Door Richard Ogilvy e.a.

Categorie
Bomen & Bos
Boeknummer
#318511-KN10
Titel
Overleaf: an Illustrated Guide to Leaves
Auteur
Ogilvy, Richard & Susan Ogilvy
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Kew : Kew Publishing/Royal Botanic Gardens
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1842464914
ISBN13
9781842464915
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial cloth, oblong, circa 21x23cm, richly illustrated in colour.
Samenvatting
Leaves live a thankless life. They go unnoticed while providing shade and cleaning the air, and are often the subject of our groans and grumbles in the fall while being raked away. Outside of brief odes to colorful autumn foliage, their quiet, everyday beauty is usually unsung.

Overleaf is an extraordinary celebration of that most obvious and overlooked part of a tree. It features over seventy brilliantly rendered studies of the leaves of thirty-seven tree species found across North America and Europe. Susan Ogilvy's paintings are lovely and uncluttered, resembling real-life pressings captured between the pages. The artwork is accompanied by Richard Ogilvy's thought-provoking text, which provides a vignette for each tree that explores its particular relationship with the environment, it
... (Lees verder)s style of growth, the history and mythology surrounding it, and the uses that birds, insects, and humans make of it. He reflects on the detailed complexity of our woodlands and forests and thoughtfully explores our place among them. Just as individual leaves create a cohesive shade, the range of these portraits provides a compelling vision of our relationship with trees. Overleaf is a thoughtful collection that will have readers taking a second look at the world above.
Pagina's
165
Conditie
Goed — Slightly foxed on top.
Prijs
€ 50,00

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