Nature in the arts Books
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Contemporary Wildlife Art
Book SynopsisOver 360 spectacular art pieces are accompanied by personal statements from 74 artists in this curated selection of contemporary works. The artists, who come from across the United States, and from places such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, all convey their respect, enthusiasm, and personal connections to wildlife. A wide range of styles and media is covered including photography, glass, relief woodcarving, mosaics, pastels, oil, watercolor and acrylic painting, bronzes, stoneware, terracotta and porcelains, ink, graphite and colored pencil, digital illustration, felted sculpture and fabric collage, and more. Examples of wildlife presented are bears, birds, elephants, monkeys, pandas, tigers, foxes, wolves, owls, seals, and even insects. This book is a great gift for wildlife and nature enthusiasts, interior designers, museums, art collectors, art educators, and artists.
£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Graphic Vegetable
Book SynopsisThese 580+ juicy images capture the fact that throughout history, artists and artisans have depicted vegetables in remarkable ways. Still lifes, photographs, amusing antique postcards, seed packet artall sorts of vegetable illustrations have been created to arouse physical and aesthetic appetites, and they are displayed here together with interesting botanical and historical insights. This wealth of vegetable art includes paintings by American artists like Lily Martin Spencer, Ernest Lawson, and Charles Demuth; engravings and lithographs by major printmaking companies like Louis Prang and Company; botanical illustrations; and commercial images drawn from vintage catalogs and seed packets. Vegetables are represented in colorful glory, from the hundreds we appreciate dailylike tomatoes, potatoes, peas, and carrotsto less-familiar vegetables like sea kale, cardoon, and walking onions.Trade ReviewRevels and excels in doing the detective work and bringing history to life.—Amy Goldman, conservationist and author; vice chair, Board of Managers, The New York Botanical Garden; special advisor to the Board, Seed Savers Exchange If you ever want to have an enticing peek at American cultural history, sit down and spend a few hours with Irwin Richman’s and Mike Emery’s original books. Seemingly unimportant artifacts such as postcards or seed packages illuminate the values and desires of an era.—Elizabeth Ely, Chair, Washington Square Park Conservancy, New York City Another visually stunning work by my colleagues... rich in photographs, artwork, drawings, advertisement art, botanical information, history, and a touch of humor.—Joseph Schott, Farm & Garden Manager, Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum A clear window to material and social history...fascinating. We benefit from their rich knowledge and depth of detail to visualize how things worked long ago. Equally valued are the wealth of illustrations... a pleasure to read.—Pat Brodowski, Vegetable Gardener, Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation“Revels and excels in doing the detective work and bringing history to life.” —Amy Goldman, conservationist and author; vice chair, Board of Managers, The New York Botanical Garden; special advisor to the Board, Seed Savers Exchange“If you ever want to have an enticing peek at American cultural history, sit down and spend a few hours with Irwin Richman’s and Mike Emery’s original books. Seemingly unimportant artifacts such as postcards or seed packages illuminate the values and desires of an era.” —Elizabeth Ely, Chair, Washington Square Park Conservancy, New York City“Another visually stunning work by my colleagues... rich in photographs, artwork, drawings, advertisement art, botanical information, history, and a touch of humor.” —Joseph Schott, Farm & Garden Manager, Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum“A clear window to material and social history...fascinating. We benefit from their rich knowledge and depth of detail to visualize how things worked long ago. Equally valued are the wealth of illustrations... a pleasure to read.” —Pat Brodowski, Vegetable Gardener, Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Inside an Ospreys Nest
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£21.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Natural Wonders of Assateague Island
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Reptiles Amphibians in Contemporary Art
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£20.69
Chartwell Books Kawaii Kitties Coloring Color SuperCute Cats in
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£12.11
Abrams Books Heart Stones
Book Synopsis Photographer Josie Iselin, author of Abrams? very popular Beach Stones, has put together a magical collection of 100 heart stones, and each one expresses a universal feeling. A heart stone is one of nature?s gifts. Heart stones are not rare or precious in the typical sense?a good scour of a beach with any stones at all will usually turn up one or two heart-shaped stones. But heart stones, lifted from their obscurity, with all of their cracks and blemishes, lopsided and imperfect, are simply the best find on any beach. Beachcombers collect them, keep them as talismans, and give them to friends and lovers. Love, passion, admiration, obsession, reassurance, joy, intrigue, comfort, wonder, and many other human emotions seem to be portrayed in these homely but appealing objects. This little photography book can bring great pleasure to anyone who has ever sought inspiration and solace in nature.
£18.82
The University of Alabama Press Maria Martins World
Book SynopsisProvides the first book-length treatment of one of John James Audubon's background painters. Maria Martin (1796-1863) was an evangelical Lutheran from Charleston, South Carolina, who became an accomplished painter within months of meeting John James Audubon.Trade ReviewAn engaging work that brings Maria Martin to the attention of historians of women, the family, and American science. In addition, John James Audubon's story and recent publications of Audubon visuals will make Debra Lindsay's book attractive to general readers."" - Ann B. Shteir, author of Cultivating Women, Cultivating Science: Flora's Daughters and Botany in England, 1760 to 1860""Maria Martin's World is a compelling story and helps fill a need for a full-scale biography of Martin, whose illustrations are integral to one of the greatest works of natural history ever produced."" - Christoph Irmscher, author of Louis Agassiz: Creator of American Science
£999.99
University of Georgia Press Island Passages An Illustrated History of Jekyll
Book SynopsisWritten in a lively, accessible style by Jingle Davis and lavishly illustrated with photographs by Benjamin Galland, Island Passages is a work of public history that presents a carefully researched document of Jekyll Island, Georgia, from its geologic beginning as a shifting sand spit to its present-day ownership by the state of Georgia.
£32.95
Watson-Guptill Publications Drawing Wildlife
Book SynopsisArtists and naturalists will master their ability to render lifelike depictions of a wide range of wildlife in a variety of still and action poses in this unique instructional. Amberlyn begins by offering a discourse on animal anatomy, basic animal structure and characteristics, and the animals' natural environment. Such details are examined and explored through more than 300 detailed animal studies. More advanced topics include drawing the three major animal categories: carnivores/omnivores (wolves, coyotes, weasels, raccoons, and bears), hoofed mammals (deer, elk, moose, caribou, and sheep), and small mammals (rabbits, squirrels, mice, beaver, and armadillo). Readers will transform their mediocre interpretations into drawings that truly capture the essence and subtleties of the animal, its mood, and its habitat.
£16.99
Beaufort Books Flora
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£26.34
University of Missouri Press The Landscape in Black and White
Book SynopsisProvides more than sixty-five exquisite black-and-white photographs spanning Oliver Schuchard's thirty-eight years of photography. In addition, Schuchard explains the aesthetic rationale and techniques he used in order to produce these photographs, emphasizing the profound differences between, yet necessary interdependence of, craft and content.
£999.99
Rizzoli International Publications James Prosek Ocean Fishes Paintings of Saltwater
Book SynopsisThe captivating watercolors of James Prosek, the artist the New York Times calls the Audubon of the fishing world. In the tradition of his acclaimed Trout: An Illustrated History, renowned naturalist, artist, and fisherman James Prosek captures thirty-five of the most pursued game fish—from striped bass to tarpon, swordfish to bonefish—as well as many creatures that share these marine ecosystems through rich, highly detailed watercolors painted specifically for this volume. Each painting reflects Prosek’s individual experience with a single fish. The artist traveled the world to experience firsthand each species just out of the water before the fish lose their true colors. The original works are life-size portraits (from a 14-inch porgy to a 12?-foot blue marlin), and details from the originals are reproduced at full size to give a sense of scale. This book is a must-have for saltwater anglers, conservationists, art lovers, and anyone passionate about the beauty of thTrade Review"Prosek urges people to see nature, and especially the fish he loves so dearly, in a new light: Forget taxonomic checkboxes and biodiversity and ecosystem services, and think about a single creature's life." ~Wired Magazine“A must-have for everyone from the art lover to the saltwater angler, OCEAN FISHES is a treasure from our vast and mysterious seas.” ~The Manual.com -The Essential Guide for Men"What Prosek asks you to do is to open your eyes to the beauty of the world, and then think of how ephemeral that beauty is, and how death is always there amidst the beauty. At a time, in winter, when most of us will be indoors and few of us will be out with nature, spending some time with Prosek is good for the soul.” ~The Art Blog.org"With Ocean Fishes: Paintings of Saltwater Fish, James Prosek demonstrates his steady growth as an artist since his well-known 1996 Trout: An Illustrated History, which—although Prosek was just out of college when that book was published—demonstrated a mastery of the art of painting fish species with an accuracy so vivid the result seemed almost unreal. But natural history illustration, valuable as it is in any era, has often taken a backseat to painting, a more imaginative and perhaps a more expressive art. In assaying the representation of marine fishes, Prosek not only sticks to his mission as an illustrator who wants to depict species with a strict eye to accuracy of form and color, but he also emerges as an interpreter of nature into the realm of the painterly. The 35 marine game species brilliantly depicted here—in full form and in detail views—glow with the imaginative suggestiveness of accurate illustration carried out at the level of Prosek's intense attention, a paradox I can only imagine the still-young artist and naturalist enjoys exploring. You can truly enjoy Prosek's mesmerizing renditions of barracudas, tarpon, blue marlin, and the rest."---Gray's Sporting Journal "Prosek, who is a naturalist and adventurer, but also a very good writer and painter, has traveled the world fishing its oceans, and in Ocean Fishes paints a picture, in words and images, that is beautiful and yet alarming. As the publisher says, this book contains the author’s “quiet conservation statement.” ~Publishers Weekly“James Prosek’s latest project, Ocean Fishes, presents a range of big game fish—sailfish, bonefish, blue marlin, barracuda—in dazzling close-up, with a directness at odds with the genre’s history of artful subterfuge. The fish are life-size and alive in their glistening particulars. Prosek, an expert fisherman who has written and illustrated several books on aquatic life, handles his medium—watercolor; appropriately—with masterful delicacy, capturing the rose blush of the speckled cod, the pearly gills of a barracuda, the Yves Klein-blue iridescence of the swordfish.” ~Town and Country“The book represents Prosek’s goal to paint the ocean’s most pursued sport fish in life size...The resulting paintings are of fish that seem lifted from the water and slapped onto the pages during that time, as only an angler knows, when a fish has all of its living color.” ~GardenandGun.com“This is more than a book. It’s a collection of heartfelt art that captures the interest, the intellect, the imagination, and the inherent emotions of anyone with an affinity for the sea and a fascination with the array of creatures that dwell therein. Like Audubon, Prosek is a master at capturing the natural beauty of his natural subjects. As such this volume is a master’s piece, more than worthy of coffee tables and home libraries in every seaside abode.” ~Ellsworth (Maine) American"Artist and author James Prosek spent the last three years traveling the fringes of the Atlantic Ocean, from Cape Cod to Cape Verde, landing fish and watching them get caught by hook, net, and--in the case of a swordfish and a bluefin tuna--harpoon. The result is a stunning series of images, currently on display at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. For those who want to take the fish home, the paintings have been reproduced in a gorgeous art book." ~Outside Magazine"Prosek gives us a privileged place on the deck, a view ordinarily glimpsed only by fishermen, and brings us closer to seeing the fish than any of his contemporaries: he literally 'captures the moment.' The final result is a volume of faithfully reproduced images...that is both a reference guide as well as an art book that can find a home in any fishing library or on a coffee table....searching for gift possibilities...Ocean Fishes is a no-brainer." ~Midcurrent.com
£30.88
Rizzoli International Publications Beatrix Potter
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Precise, expressive watercolor illustrations by [Potter] were the trademark of her books, which have now sold hundreds of millions of copies. Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature includes nearly 200 artworks, books, photographs and other objets, from Potter's childhood sketches, already demonstrating a keen eye and a steady hang, to a letter written the week before she died." —WALL STREET JOURNAL"The accompanying catalog for an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London collects the “Peter Rabbit” author’s drawings, photos and letters." —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW"A new book and an exhibition on Potter, who wrote “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” use letters, sketches, and a coded journal to capture an author who delighted in the detail and humor of the natural world." —THE NEW YORKER"...a gorgeously illustrated monograph...features 200 artworks, manuscripts, photographs, and other artifacts, including little-known scientific drawings." —ARTNET.COM"In “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature,” a gorgeous new book packed with examples of Potter’s sketches and watercolors, author Annemarie Bilclough and other contributors underscore the love of nature that informed Potter’s work." —CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR"[A] fascinating and handsome book..." —VERMONT COUNTRY SAMPLER
£40.50
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Blaze Orange Whitetail Deer Hunting in Wisconsin
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£999.99
Wisconsin Historical Society Press Wisconsin in Watercolor
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£999.99
John Wiley & Sons Ever Blooming
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£999.99
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Wild and Scenic Rivers An American Legacy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn difficult times, sources of inspiration are treasured. Tim Palmer’s enchanting photographs and engaging story-telling remind me, viscerally, why saving free-flowing rivers from harm is essential, not only for the world’s biology, but for its’ soul. This 50th anniversary celebration of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act immerses readers in the timelessness of America’s most cherished rivers and instills gratitude for the dedicated leaders who created this unique System of protected rivers. Read Tim's book and be inspired!"" - Rebecca Wodder, Former President and CEO, American Rivers""Palmer has composed a tribute to the enduring vitality of rivers: the absolute importance of safeguarding them through the exercise of good sense and sound stewardship; the rewards that rivers invariably return to all who invest in their defense; and perhaps most important of all, the rapture that the wild water can instill in each of us when we open our hearts to its ever-surging flood tide of beauty."" - Kevin Fedarko, author of The Emerald Mile""With his book about our Wild and Scenic Rivers, Tim Palmer has made a great contribution to America. Having been directly involved in this program, I'm grateful that the legacy of all who have worked to protect these rivers will be known and appreciated."" - President Jimmy Carter""There is magic in rivers and in the camera and pen of Tim Palmer. American environmental history is highlighted by legislation such as the National Parks Act (1916), the Wilderness Act (1964) an the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968), which Tim describes here in illuminating detail. Read this book to understand how and why moving water has become a key component of our environmental ethic."" - Dr. Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor Emeritus, University of California Santa Barbara and author of Wilderness and the American Mind""Tim Palmer has created a glorious book of photos, but Wild and Scenic Rivers is far more than that. Read it from cover to cover! All of us who shoulder responsibility for administering our wild and scenic rivers will find this narrative not just useful and entertaining, but also essential to what we do, and all should take to heart this vivid history of how we got where we are in the ever-unfolding enterprise of preserving America’s great rivers."" - Chris Brown, Director (retired), Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers, U.S Forest Service
£999.99
North Star Press of Saint Cloud Inc Minnesota Loons
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£13.95
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Carverâs Book of Aquatic Animals
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Tom Wolfe Carves A Horse of a Different Color
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£11.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Tom Wolfe Treasury of Patterns
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£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Carving Noahs Ark
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£11.39
Museum of New Mexico Press Gila
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£46.79
Tristan Publishing Up North Reflections Moments Memories
£18.95
Rudolf Steiner College Press Drawing from the Book of Nature
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£20.85
Thomas Dunne Books Ireland A Luminous Beauty
Book SynopsisIsland light is magical. And none more so than Ireland''s. Ireland''s light floods the landscape, luring the senses with a restless presence. The water surrounding and carving through the island reflects back to us the ever-changing movement of the wind-blown clouds and light. Stop for a minute and the settings change: what was straight is bent, light is dark, still is in motion. It is as though an unseen hand directs the wind, the clouds, and the light to harness our attention.Ireland: A Luminous Beauty is a collection of stunning full-color photographs by some of Ireland''s finest landscape photographers with concise text blending history, myth, and a sense of place. Many of the photographs were taken in the early morning light or as the sun set. That hour after sunrise and before sunset, with the sun low in the sky, is known to photographers as the golden hour and favored for its soft, diffused light.We take a journey to one of the most beautiful places in
£32.00
St Martin's Press Sticker Mosaics By the Sea
Book Synopsis12 oceanic masterpieces made easy with 25 sheets of brightly coloured stickers.
£13.29
Arcturus Publishing Audubon Birds Coloring Kit
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£23.40
Chronicle Books Wild Babies Photographs of Baby Animals from
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£19.32
Chronicle Books Here Kitty Kitty
Book SynopsisThis charming book of whimsical illustrations is sure to win over even the most finicky cat lover. Brimming with colorful contemporary artwork by today''s up-and-coming indie art and illustration darlings, and sprinkled throughout with quotations from famous folks celebrating the traits and quirks of their favorite furry friends, this fanciful and playful little volume offers kittenish delight on every page—making it the perfect just-because gift for cat lovers everywhere. Featuring dancing cats, snarky cats, musical cats, sleepy cats, cunning cats, cranky cats, cuddly cats, and dapper cats, there''s a kitty for everyone in this treasury of heartwarming feline fun.
£11.42
Chronicle Books See America A Celebration of Our National Parks
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£17.95
Arcadia Publishing Nome
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Images of
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Pendleton
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Phoenix Zoo Images of America
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Friendship Botanic Gardens
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing Chiricahua National Monument
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Kalamazoo River
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£20.39
Arcadia Publishing Chiricahua National Monument Postcards of America
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£7.59
Arcadia Publishing Patapsco Valley State Park
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing Historic Cultural Landscapes of Oklahoma
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing The Road to Marylake
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Laurel Hill Cemetery of Saco Maine
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£18.69
Arcadia Publishing Louisiana Birding Stories on Strategy Stewardship
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£22.49
Arcadia Publishing The Delaware River History Traditions and Legends
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing A Brief History of Cooke City
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£18.69
History Press Tidewater Spirit
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£21.24
