The Native Trees of Canada
A Art, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction book. I want every page as a giant poster.
A bold reinterpretation of a century-old bookWhile shopping in the used-book store the Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Leanne Shapton happened upon a 1956 edition of the government reference book The Native Trees of Canada, originally published in 1917 by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Most people might simply view the book as a dry cataloging of a banal subject; Shapton, however, saw beauty in the technical details and was inspired to create her own interpretation of The Native Trees of Canada.Shapton distills each image into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush ink and house paint. She takes the otherwise complex objects of trees, pinecones, and seeds and strips them down into bold, almost abstract shapes and colors: the water birch is represented as two pulsating red bulbs contrasted against a gray backdrop; the eastern white pine is represented by a close-up of its cone against a radiant summer sky.The author of Was She Pretty? and Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore...
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- Pages: 96 pages
- ISBN: 9781770460324 / 0
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I want every page as a giant poster. The paintings in this book range from very abstract to recognizable (if not field guide worthy). The colors alone make it worth flipping through, and if you're lucky, you may discover that you like it for even more than that. I saw a review in the New York Times (Oct.31, 2010) and tore it out. There are color illustrations - and favorite quotes about trees. This is wonderful. I look forward to reading this book.
