Italian photographer Luca Campigotto (born 1962) portrays intensely dramatic landscapes--from the Straits of Magellan to the plains of Patagonia, from Morocco to the Strada degli Eroi Pass on Monte Pasubio, from the Easter Islands to the glaciers in Sarek National Park in Lapland--and reconceives for our times nature's capacity to overwhelm the human scale.
Mandala Coloring Book (New Release 8)
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Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), a major figure in the German Romantic movement, painted sublime works representing nature at its most melancholic and desolate. One of his most famous motifs was that of two intimate figures, seen from behind, gazing at the moon. Friedrich painted three versions of this theme, one of which -"Two Men Contemplating the Moon" - has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The text discusses the Metropolitan's painting in conjunction with the other two ver...
Beaches, marshes, mangroves; cliffs, deserts, forests; bays, deltas, estuaries - coastlines take many different forms and are put to very different uses. From deserted beaches to busy ports, from pretty fishing villages to a surfers' paradise, a salt marsh to a ship-breakers' yard, Coasts celebrates where the land meets the sea. From beautiful coastal paths to the shipwrecks left high and dry in the Aral Sea, from world famous locations such as Copacabana Beach in Brazil and Big Sur in Californi...
Fantasy Landscapes - Mosaic Color By Numbers Coloring Book For Adults (Fun Adult Color by Number Coloring, #50)
Featuring the work of 21 landscape architects from around the world, The Inspired Landscape by Susan Cohen highlights each initial spark of creativity and traces it through the stunningly innovative landscape designs that resulted. Lushly illustrated with original sketches, plans, and photographs, this invaluable resource will embolden designers to summon the unique sources that can fuel their own creative process. Includes work by: Shlomo Aronson, Sheila Brady, and James Burnett Gilles Clement,...
This is an invaluable manual for wildlife photographers keen to improve and update their work with the newest techniques and digital equipment. Wildlife Photography Fieldguide takes a spectacular photographic trip, from tropical rainforests to the polar extremes of the globe, revealing the myriad creatures and how to perfectly capture them. Chris Weston covers the basics - including essential information on transporting kit overseas - as well as understanding and photographing the best of wildli...
This is a handsome desk diary and pocket diary inspired by Wainwright. The illustrations in the desk diary and address book for 2007 are ink drawings of landscapes in England, Scotland and Wales taken from Wainwright's sketchbooks. The pocket diary, small enough to stuff into a pocket or rucksack, has illustrations from his "Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells". Each diary has a picture for every week of the year and contains national and religious holidays and astronomical information. This...
Throughout his life, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) wrote hundreds of letters, mostly to his brother Theo, who acted as patron, agent and sounding board to an artist whose life was fraught with poverty, a struggle for fame and alternating fits of madness and lucidity. Van Gogh also corresponded with other family members and fellow artists, including Paul Gaugin. His letters, which were collected and published in 1924 by Theo's wife, Johanna, exhibit Van Gogh's genius and depth of observation and f...