Abrams - Biophilia - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A New York Times bestseller Christopher Marley's Biophilia is a collection of his creative art made from the natural world and wildlife. Christopher Marley's art expresses his passionate engagement with the beautiful forms of nature. Beginning with insects and moving on to aquatic life reptiles birds plants and minerals Marley has used his skills as a designer conservator taxidermist and environmentally responsible collector to make images and mosaics that produce strong positive emotional responses in viewers. Marley has a brilliant eye for color and pattern in different natural objects and he expertly captures the deep relationships among them. Biophilia (literally love of living things ) is a must - have for nature lovers designers artists craftspeople and anyone looking for visual inspiration in the arts. Christopher Marley's Biophilia is much more than a sumptuous coffee - table pleasure. It is also an elegant manifesto meant to nudge us off our couches and easy chairs and out the door. New York Times Nature can seem messy chaotic even frightening but in Christopher Marley's world it's a bounty of useable materials that can be infinitely organized and aestheticized. Slate
Title: Biophilia
Brand: Abrams
Barcode: 9781419715617
Pages: 288 Pages, 212 Colour Plates
Publication Date: 4/14/2015
Category: Animals & Nature In Art (Still Life, Landscapes & Seascapes, Etc)