To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes by Cílek, Václav

To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780812246810)

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To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes by Cílek, Václav

To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes

$39.95
To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes by Cílek, Václav

To Breathe with Birds: A Book of Landscapes

$39.95
Format: Hardcover
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Just as there is love at first sight between people, V當lav C?ek writes, there can be love at first sight between a person and a place. A landscape is more than a location, it is one party in a relationship--even when the spirit of a certain setting is not perceptible to those who visit. But whether we travel to experience rapture or excitement, to discover truth and beauty, or to be dazzled, we search for the essence of faraway landscapes to gain perspective on our own place within the world. To Breathe with Birds delves into the imaginative and emotional bonds we form with landscapes and how human existence--a recent development, geologically speaking--shapes and is shaped by a sense of place.

In subtle and lyrical prose, renowned geologist and author V當lav C?ek explores topics from the history of asphalt to the spirits we imagine in trees, from geodiversity to the mathematics of snowflakes. Weaving earth science and environmentalism together with memoir and myth, his chapters visit resonant locations from India to Massachusetts, though most are deeply rooted in the river-laced, war-scarred landscape of C?ek's Czech homeland. These reflections are accompanied by Morna Livingston's evocative photographs, which capture the beauty and strangeness of natural and human-made forms. The first book-length appearance of C?ek's work in English translation, To Breathe with Birds offers insightful perspectives on the symbolism of landscapes as we struggle to conserve and protect the depleted earth.

Author: V當lav C?ek
ISBN-10: 0812246810
ISBN-13: 9780812246810
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Language: English
Published: 04/24/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d
By V當lav C?ek
By V當lav C?ek
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Vaclav Cilek is a celebrated writer, philosopher, and earth scientist in the Czech Republic. In addition to numerous essays in popular Czech publications, he has authored two books that won the Tom Stoppard Prize, awarded to outstanding writers of Czech origin. Morna Livingston is Professor of Design, Drawing, and Vernacular Architecture at Philadelphia University. She is also an architectural photographer, author of Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India, and coauthor of La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Laurie Olin is Practice Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Principal of Olin Partnership. He is the author of Across the Open Field: Essays Drawn from English Landscapes and coauthor of La Foce: A Garden and Landscape in Tuscany, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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