Main entry:

Leonardi, Cesare, author.

Title & Author:

The architecture of trees / Cesare Leonardi, Franca Stagi ; foreword by Laura Conti ; introduction by Augusto Pirola ; translated from the Italian by Natalie Danford.

Edition:

First English edition.

Publication:

Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2019]
©2019

Description:

421 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 39 x 27 cm + bookmark (37 x 10 cm)

Notes:
Translation of: L'Architettura degli alberi.
Bookmark, laid in, is printed with two rulers scaled to the drawings in the volume: 5 feet = 1.5 cm and 1 meter = 1.0 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pges 420-421) and index.
Introduction to the new edition / Andrea Cavani, Giulio Orsini -- Foreword / Laura Conti -- The origins of botanical illustration / Augusto Pirola -- The city, green space, and the architecture of trees / Franca Stagi -- Shade analysis -- Color analysis -- Summary of families, genera, and species illustrated in this book, their places of origin, and the era when they were first grown in Europe -- Gymnosperms -- Dicotyledonous angiosperms -- Monocotyledonous angiosperms -- Detail drawings -- Alphabetical index of families -- Era when each species was first grown in Europe -- Origin and etymology of the names of genera illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Meanings of the names of illustrated species -- Glossary of terms -- Alphabetical index of Latin names of genera and species illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Alphabetical index of common names of species.
In English; translated from the Italian.

Summary:

"The Architecture of Trees is a legendary botanical masterwork, presenting more than 550 exquisitely detailed quill-pen illustrations of 212 tree species, with and without foliage, and at a scale of 1:100. This landmark study, now in English for the first time, is a stunning reference for architects, designers, botanists, and all those fascinated by nature and trees."--Cover page 4.

ISBN:

9781616898069 (hardcover alk. paper)
1616898062 (hardcover alk. paper)

Subject:

Trees Pictorial works.
Ornamental trees Pictorial works.
Trees in winter Pictorial works.
Trees Europe.
Tree introduction Europe.
Botanical illustration.
Arbres Ouvrages illustrés.
Arbres d'ornement Ouvrages illustrés.
Arbres en hiver Ouvrages illustrés.
Arbres Europe.
Arbres Introduction Europe.
Illustration botanique.
Ornamental trees
Tree introduction
Trees
Trees in winter
Europe

Form/genre:

Botanical illustration.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Stagi, Franca, author.
Danford, Natalie, translator.
Pirola, Augusto, writer of introduction.
Orsini, Giulio, writer of introduction.
Cavani, Andrea (Architect) writer of introduction.
Leonardi, Cesare. Architettura degli alberi.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 318393
Call No.: 318393
Copy: 1
Status: Available