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The architecture of trees / Cesare Leonardi, Franca Stagi ; introduction to the new edition, Andrea Cavani, Giulio Orsini ; translated from the Italian by Natalie Danford.
Fine Arts Library Folio QK475.6 .L4613 2019
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Oversize QK475.6 .L4613 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leonardi, Cesare, author.
- Stagi, Franca, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Architettura degli alberi. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Tree introduction.
- Trees.
- Trees in winter.
- Europe.
- Trees--Pictorial works.
- Ornamental trees--Pictorial works.
- Ornamental trees.
- Trees in winter--Pictorial works.
- Trees--Europe.
- Tree introduction--Europe.
- Botanical illustration.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Botanical illustration.
- Physical Description:
- 421 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 39 x 27 cm + bookmark (37 x 10 cm)
- Edition:
- First English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Altemus Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781616898069
- 1616898062
- OCLC:
- 1039616223
- Publisher Number:
- 99983404878
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