Janine Burke: Nest - The Art of Birds
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2013. . Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Pages lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History & Resources. ISBN: 1743318685. ISBN/EAN: 9781743318683. Inventory No: 46632.
As an amateur naturalist and nature lover, Janine Burke, art historian
and author, has spent many years observing birds. Nest: The Art of Birds
is the story of her passion, a personal, wide-ranging and intimate book
- part natural history, part folklore, part exploration of art and
aesthetics, part memoir - that will appeal to all those who love nature,
literature and art. What are nests if not art created by nature? If a
nest is not art, how can we account for those exquisite, painstakingly
constructed creations that are decorated, or woven through with
feathers, or studded with objects of a particular colour or sheen? Nest
reveals both the art and mystery found in nature and celebrates them
with lyricism, insight and great affection. In the tradition of
Longitude, Cod or The Cello Suites, Nest: The Art of Birds is a short
education that encompasses celebration and theory, investigation and
memoir, the familiar and the revelatory - as surprising and enticing as
any beautiful, intricately constructed nest.