Publication

1996 - Thames and Hudson, [New York], New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

28,000 words, Guess

Page Count

112 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads1455798
  • LibraryThing418407

Classifications

  • DDC398.24/2
  • LCCGR785 .B69 1996

Description

This book is filled with unusual images - photographs, sculptures, engravings, paintings and drawings - chosen by Marie-France Boyer, who has a remarkable eye for the strange and the beautiful. She shows us monumental trees, nature's ancient sculptures; symbolic trees of mythology, such as the Tree of Knowledge; and tree shrines covered in votive offerings - a practice surprisingly still carried on today in Europe. There are trees distorted into extraordinary shapes by environment or human interference, and elaborate tree houses, arbors and avenues.

Subjects

Topics

TreesHistoryFolkloreMythologyPictorial worksReligious aspectsTrees -- Folklore.

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