Haverhill Public Library

Flora magnifica, the art of flowers in four seasons, Makoto Azuma, Shunsuke Shiinoki

eng

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Flora magnifica

1028626461

Makoto Azuma, Shunsuke Shiinoki

the art of flowers in four seasons

This sumptuous book is the product of a longstanding collaboration between renowned flower artist Makoto Azuma and botanical photographer Shunsuke Shiinoki. Working together, they have selected hundreds of plant species and arranged them in striking combinations that could never occur in the natural world, so creating a unique floral aesthetic. The result is a series of dense, luxuriant images, rich in colour and texture, in which nature and artifice are skilfully mingled. The four chapters are themed according to the cycle of the seasons: the freshness and new life of spring, the exuberance and abundance of summer, the fading grandeur of autumn and the deepening shadows of winter