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Willow

by Alison Syme
$20.90
Willow
Willow

Exploring the willow's multifaceted cultural significance.

"Willow" could resonate with you if you appreciate the interweaving of nature, culture, and art. Alison Syme offers a narrative that transforms the commonplace into the profound, revealing the willow’s role across human civilization. It takes you on an aesthetic journey that's not only informative but also deeply meditative, revealing how a single species can influence various aspects of life, from poetry to environmental conservation. It's an invitation to see the everyday with new eyes and appreciate the poetry in the practical.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Willow

by Alison Syme
$20.90
ISBN: 9781780232928
Authors: Alison Syme
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date of Publication: 2014-05-15
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Nature, Art
Related Topics: Art History, Natural History, Environment
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 7 readers)

Description

Drooping lazily over waterways, shading gardens, guarding hedgerows—the willow tree is a poetically formed plant, but also a practical one. For millennia, the wood of the willow has been used for baskets, furniture, fences, and toys, while finding its place in the watercolors of Monet, Shakespearean tragedies, Hans Christian Andersen, and The Lord of the Rings. Telling the willow’s rich and multilayered tale, Alison Syme explores its presence in literature, art, and human history. Syme examines the manifold practical uses of the tree, discussing the application of its bark in medicines, its production as an energy crop that produces biofuel and charcoal, and its employment for soil stabilization and other environmental protection schemes. But despite all the functional uses of willows, she argues, we must also heed the lessons they teach about living, dying, and enriching our world. Looking at the roles that willows have played in folklore, religion, and art, she parses their connections to grief and joy, toil and play, necessity and ornament. Filled with one hundred images, Willow is a seamless account of the singular place the willow holds in our culture.
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Exploring the willow's multifaceted cultural significance.

"Willow" could resonate with you if you appreciate the interweaving of nature, culture, and art. Alison Syme offers a narrative that transforms the commonplace into the profound, revealing the willow’s role across human civilization. It takes you on an aesthetic journey that's not only informative but also deeply meditative, revealing how a single species can influence various aspects of life, from poetry to environmental conservation. It's an invitation to see the everyday with new eyes and appreciate the poetry in the practical.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.