Picturing the Prairie: A Vision of Restoration - Couverture rigide

Philip Juras

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0578864584 ISBN 13 : 9780578864587

Editeur : Little Bluestem Press, 2021

Synopsis

The fifty-four paintings in this volume celebrate the natural beauty of the rare tallgrass prairie environments of Illinois and the remarkable legacy of conservation that sustains them. Artist and author Philip Juras’s evocative canvases are based on extensive research, travel, and time in the field with prairie conservation experts. As a result, his luminous paintings, and his descriptions of them, are rich in ecological and historical detail. An accompanying essay by acclaimed conservationist Stephen Packard tells the story of how the tallgrass prairie ecosystem was, and is, being saved from extinction in Illinois by a series of remarkable individuals and initiatives—efforts that have inspired conservation practices well beyond the sta­te’s borders. Picturing the Prairie invites us to get to know these restored landscapes, both within these pages and in the corresponding 2021 exhibition at the Chicago Botanic Garden. In them we can experience the magnificence of this archetypal American grassland, both in its present reawakening, and as it was in the past.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Little Bluestem Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0578864584
• ISBN 13: 9780578864587
• Reliure: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible