Vanishing Circles: Portraits of Disappearing Wildlife of the Sonoran Desert Region

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作者:琳达·M. 布鲁尔
Foreword by Richard Leakey

$24.95 New Lower Price $12.95
2011
ISBN: 1886679412
Hardback: 174 pages, full color
Published by ASDM Press
尺寸:10.5 x 10.5英寸

描述

Vanishing Circles is a richly illustrated volume documenting an important museum exhibition and showcasing the beauty and diversity of species rapidly disappearing from the Sonoran Desert Region. Although the underlying premise of Vanishing Circles is bittersweet, this is a stunning, enjoyable book that works on several levels. The sheer beauty of nature is expressed through the individual composition, 设计, and virtuosity of leading artists; natural history details on each subject further illuminate the elegance of those animals, 植物, and places; and biographical information is provided for each artist. These elements, along with conservation information, reference lists, and a glossary make Vanishing Circles a well-rounded introduction to the Sonoran Desert Region. 最重要的是， Vanishing Circles follows in the path of the famous Arizona Highways magazine, taking readers off the beaten path and into a world that most mortals never see.

奖

Winner of the 2011 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book 奖) Bronze Medal for Regional Nonfiction

Review by 大卫J. 瓦格纳,Ph值.D..，《 American Wildlife Art 摘自 Wildlife Art Journal

从某种意义上说， Vanishing Circles is a catalogue that documents and nar利率 a collection of art depicting threatened and endangered flora and fauna of the Sonora Desert Region.?In another sense, it is an uncanny manifestation of the land ethic and aesthetic of conservationist, 奥尔多·利奥波德.?The general emphasis of Leopold's aesthetic was on epistemology or biological literacy--that is, 在熟悉, 意识, and understanding gained through experience and the study of life within ecosystems. Leopold described this aesthetic in A Sand County Almanac.

In Vanishing Circles, author Linda 布鲁尔 offers thoughtful descriptions and interpretations of habitats, 植物, 和动物, opposite full-page reproductions of artworks by some 27 artists, nine of whom (John Agnew, 爱德华·奥尔德里奇, Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen, 威廉钩, 瑞秋Ivanyi, 朗达Nass, 迈克尔Riddet, 肯·斯托克顿, Nick Wilson) form the core of the collection, with 3 or more paintings each. Insomuch as 布鲁尔 both closely describes her subjects and advocates stewardship, her essays are clearly cut from the aesthetic and ethical cloth of 奥尔多·利奥波德.?

大卫J. 瓦格纳,Ph值.D.
Author, American Wildlife Art
Curator/Tour Director: Art and the Animal, Blossom ~ Art of Flowers, The Sea of Cortez, and numerous other museum exhibitions

About the author

琳达米. 布鲁尔 is currently manager of the ASDM Press. She was previously a freelance writer, 编辑器, and graphic 设计er based in Tucson, Arizona for more than two decades, working almost exclusively for environmental and conservation-minded nonprofits. She has been 编辑器 of ASDM?s Sonorensis magazine since 2005, and was a contributing author to the award-winning children?年代的书 Katie, of the Sonoran Desert.