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Birch
(Hardcover)
Anna Lewington
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R583
R523
Discovery Miles 5 230
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Elegant and beautiful, rich in history and supremely useful,
birches have played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part
in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture
and beliefs of millions of people around the world. For thousands
of years they have given people of the northern forests and beyond
raw materials in the form of leaves, twigs, branches and bark, as
well as wood and sap, not simply to survive but to flourish and
express their identity in practical and spiritual ways. Tough,
waterproof and flexible, birch bark has been used for everything
from basketry and clothing to housing and transport, musical
instruments and medicines, as well as a means to communicate and
record sacred beliefs: some of our most ancient Buddhist texts and
other historic documents are written on birch bark. Birches have
not only shaped regional cultures - creating, for example, the
Native American wigwam and the birch bark canoe - but continue to
supply raw materials of global economic importance today. Birch
explores the multiple uses of these versatile trees as well as the
ancient beliefs and folklore with which they are associated. Richly
illustrated, this book presents a fascinating overview of their
cultural and ecological significance, from botany to literature and
art, as Anna Lewington looks both at the history of birches and
what the future may hold in store for them.
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Hiroshige
(Hardcover)
Matthi Forrer
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R2,943
R2,334
Discovery Miles 23 340
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Presented in a style as stunning as the prints it celebrates, this
survey of Hiroshige tells the fascinating story of the last great
practitioner of ukiyo-e, or "pictures of the floating world."
Hiroshige is considered to be the tradition's most poetic artist
and his work had a marked influence on Western painting towards the
end of the 19th century. Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Paul Ce
zanne, and James Whistler were inspired by Hiroshige's serene
depictions of the natural world. Arranged chronologically, this
book illustrates through text and magnificent reproductions
Hiroshige's youth and early career; his artistic development in the
genre of landscape prints; his depictions of Edo and the provinces;
the flower and bird prints; and his many popular books and
paintings. It discusses the historic and cultural environment in
which Hiroshige flourished and the many reasons his art continues
to be revered and imitated. Filled with 300 color reproductions,
and featuring a clamshell box and Japanese-style binding, this
volume is destined to become the definitive examination of
Hiroshige's oeuvre.
Landscapes of Extraction explores the art of mining, the
transformative industry of the American West, competing in
sublimity and striking color with the natural scenic landscape on
its own terms. These landscapes of enterprise altered the natural
environment on a spectacular scale, with open pit mines, coal
tipples, and oil rigs. How artists portrayed the mining industry in
the American West is explored in the book with four scholarly
essays. Artworks were inspired by the multiple landscapes created
by large-scale mining, specifically the mines themselves, the towns
that grew up around them, and the miners and their families who
lived and worked there. The industry shaped communities and
landscapes throughout the West: Arizona, California, Colorado,
Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah. Landscapes
of Extraction explores a powerful regional narrative that is a
fundamental element of national identity played out on a vast
geographical scale.
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