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Botanica Magnifica features two hundred and fifty stunning photographs by HasselbladLaureate Award winner Jonathan Singer, representingGCoin the words of an ARTnewscriticGCorare or exotic plants and flowers GCGBPin large scale and exquisite detail, emergingfrom the shadows in a manner evocative of Old Master paintings.GC The original edition of Botanica Magnifica, consisting of five lavishly hand-boundvolumes, was limited to just ten copies, the first of which was recently donated to theSmithsonian Institution. The extra-large GCGBPdouble-elephantGC format of that editionwas chosen in homage to the famous double-elephant folio of The Birds of America,and indeed, Botanica Magnifica is one of the few works of natural history ever to rivalAudubonGCOs magnum opus in its scope and artistry. In praise of the double-elephant folioof Botanica Magnifica, the SmithsonianGCOs Chairman of Botany attested, GCGBPEveryone whohas seen the photographs ...has been tremendously impressed with the power, scale,and depth of the work.GC Now SingerGCOs remarkable images are available to the public for the first time in thisbaby-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica. Like the larger edition, this volume is organizedinto five alphabetically arranged sections, each introduced by a gatefold page thatdisplays one extraordinary plant at a luxurious size. Each pictured plant is accompaniedby a clear and accessible description of its botany, geography, folklore, history, and conservation. This volume is also available in a leatherbound, slipcased edition. With its marvelousreproductions and fascinating text, the baby-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica isone of the most impressive volumes of natural history ever published.

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Zaradenie knihy Knihy po anglicky The arts Art treatments & subjects Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc)

• Celý názov: Botanica Magnifica
• Autor: Jonathan Singer, W. John Kress, Marc Hachadourian
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Pevná
• Počet strán: 356
• EAN: 9780789210333
• ISBN: 0789210339
• ID: 04697141
• Nakladateľ: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
• Hmotnosť: 4794 g
• Rozmery: 40 × 32 × 5 mm
• Dátum vydania: 15. October 2009

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