The architecture of trees / Cesare Leonardi, Franca Stagi ; foreword by Laura Conti ; introduction by Augusto Pirola ; translated from the Italian by Natalie Danford.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First English editionDescription: 421 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 39 x 27 cm + bookmark (37 x 10 cm)ISBN:- 1616898062
- 9781616898069
- Architettura degli alberi. English
- Trees -- Pictorial works
- Ornamental trees -- Pictorial works
- Trees in winter -- Pictorial works
- Trees -- Europe
- Tree introduction -- Europe
- Botanical illustration
- Arbres -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Arbres d'ornement -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Arbres en hiver -- Ouvrages illustrés
- Arbres -- Europe
- Arbres -- Introduction -- Europe
- Illustration botanique
- QK475.6 .L4613 2019
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Translation of: L'Architettura degli alberi.
Bookmark, laid in, is printed with two rulers scaled to the drawings in the volume: 5 feet = 1.5 cm and 1 meter = 1.0 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pges 420-421) and index.
Introduction to the new edition / Andrea Cavani, Giulio Orsini -- Foreword / Laura Conti -- The origins of botanical illustration / Augusto Pirola -- The city, green space, and the architecture of trees / Franca Stagi -- Shade analysis -- Color analysis -- Summary of families, genera, and species illustrated in this book, their places of origin, and the era when they were first grown in Europe -- Gymnosperms -- Dicotyledonous angiosperms -- Monocotyledonous angiosperms -- Detail drawings -- Alphabetical index of families -- Era when each species was first grown in Europe -- Origin and etymology of the names of genera illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Meanings of the names of illustrated species -- Glossary of terms -- Alphabetical index of Latin names of genera and species illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Alphabetical index of common names of species.
"The Architecture of Trees is a legendary botanical masterwork, presenting more than 550 exquisitely detailed quill-pen illustrations of 212 tree species, with and without foliage, and at a scale of 1:100. This landmark study, now in English for the first time, is a stunning reference for architects, designers, botanists, and all those fascinated by nature and trees."--Cover page 4.
In English; translated from the Italian.