Biophilia
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Biophilia
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Christopher Marley's artwork offers a vivid experience of natural beauty and design
New York Times Bestseller
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 colour 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.
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Praised by The New York Times Science Times for being more than a coffee-table book, Biophilia is described as an elegant manifesto encouraging exploration of nature. Slate highlights Marley's ability to transform nature's complexity into organised art. Smithsonian.com notes the scientific storytelling behind his mosaics, while Wired.com admires his colour juxtapositions that celebrate natural beauty.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781419715617
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 14 April 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: Abrams
Illustration: 212 colour plates
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Christopher Marley
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 35.0mm
Width: 265.0mm
Height: 314.0mm
Weight: 2190g
Pages: 288
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About the Author
Christopher Marley is an artist and designer who uses natural artifacts as his medium of expression. To create this work, he collects specimens in an environmentally responsible manner from a worldwide network of people who share his passion for nature. His popular first book, Pheromone (2008), focused on his artwork with insects. He lives and works in Oregon.
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