The Wild Treasury of Nature: A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island

Juras, Philip

ISBN 10: 0820348872 / ISBN 13: 9780820348872

Edité par University of Georgia Press, 2016

pp. 128. N° de réf. du vendeur 26372789366

Synopsis :

The fifty-two paintings gathered here reveal as never before the wild beauty of Little St. Simons, an undeveloped barrier island on the Georgia coast. In showing us the island's marshes and tidal creeks, shrublands and forests, and dunes and beaches, artist Philip Juras helps us understand the natural and historical forces continually at work on this unique place.

The Wild Treasury of Nature continues Juras's exploration of the presettlement wilderness of the American South as the earliest naturalists would have encountered it. Strikingly composed and executed, Juras's island paintings are based on extensive research and many hours spent at the sites he documents. From the contours of a pristine landscape down to the shape and color of its smallest plant, each scene is a historically and ecologically credible rendering of a place that has remained miraculously unspoiled.

The writings that accompany Juras's paintings describe the natural history and unique cultural past of Little St. Simons in particular and the southern barrier islands in general, place the artwork within the American landscape painting tradition, and underscore the importance of vigilant stewardship for the island and the few remaining American places like it.

À propos des auteurs: PHILIP JURAS, a native of Augusta, Georgia, received a BFA and a master's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia.

DORINDA G. DALLMEYER is a faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program at the University of Georgia and is also the associate director of the University of Georgia's Dean Rusk Center of International, Comparative, and Graduate Legal Studies. She is the editor of five books, including Values at Sea (Georgia).

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Wild Treasury of Nature: A Portrait of ...
Éditeur : University of Georgia Press
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New