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Trees R.E.A.D. [BOOK]
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'Beautifully and thoughtfully made compendium of information.' - Council on Botanical and
Horticultural Libraries'This book could be considered the Bible for tree lovers. Its large format is
perfect for pouring over more than 200 species, hand-drawn to scale. We think The Architecture of
Trees is a must-have for those who are interested in landscape design, botany, or just love shady
places in the summertime.' - Western Art & Architecture'The text would be a valuable resource for
any landscape architect, as would the plates showing the foliage color of dozens of species of
trees, and the computer-generated diagrams of how their shadows fall at different times of year.
But the heart of the book is the pen-and-ink drawings of trees found in Europe, each with and
without its foliage and each shown in the same 1:100 scale. Their somewhat forbidding beauty is
relieved in the back of the book, where lovely detail sketches of cones, berries and leaves
punctuate technical descriptions of each tree.' - The Wall Street Journal'The revival of a beloved
design reference.' - Landscape Architecture'The Italian designers Cesare Leonardi and Franca
Stagi spent their spare time obsessively sketching trees in all seasons for editions of The
Architecture of Trees. The book is newly available in English, and expanded into a sumptuous
format weighing six and a half pounds. It combines quill-pen outlines of leafed and leafless
specimens - as varied within strict parameters as Bernd and Hilla Becher's factory photos - with
bare-boned but poetic texts. Captions and a glossary shed light on how to identify epicarps (fruit
skins) and flabellate (fan-shaped) foliage. An essay by Ms. Stagi meditates on how 'nature
experiments in infinite ways' within the confines of trees that 'grab on to the planet' and thrive only
where it suits them.' - The New York Times'The Architecture of Trees is both a reference guide
and a work of art.' - Artists Magazine'It's a work of extraordinary beauty and erudition. It's a
magisterial collection, isolating each specimen in a way a photograph could not, and they are
presented as living architecture.' - FORM'In an age of digitized everything I was awed by the soft
texture of Leonardi's ink drawings..A tree's architecture, its silhouette, tells us what it is, what we
can expect from it, and how we can manipulate its shape to serve a purpose: for fruit, for summer
shade, for winter silhouettes that stop us midstep, as a hiding place from grown-ups. Now that I
have this book, I need a new living room table worthy of the book's contents.' - Minneapolis Star
Tribune'If any question the place botanical drawing has in art history (they might want to read up
on Ernst Haeckel for a start), they would do well to spend some time perusing through the pine
trees in this book with their seemingly infinite leaves, or the hauntingly beautiful sketches of a leafless
weeping willow. Either way, we lost track of time flipping through this tome, dreaming of our
favorite sylvan settings, set in black and white.' - Daily Beast'Each drawing is carefully crafted and

the passion for each tree reaches out from the pages to engage the reader. In an era where
computers have become the 'fallback' for graphic representation, these ink drawings transport the
reader into the artist's and scientist's love for each tree. From the shade diagrams for all seasons
to the origin and etymology of names of genera, this book provides both visual beauty and
practical information. The Architecture of Trees is a true treasure for both the arboriculture novice
and the meticulous scientist.' - Economic Botany In 1963, as an undergraduate at Florence
University of the Arts, Cesare Leonardi (1935–) opened a design practice with Franca Stagi
(1937–2008), a postgraduate at Milan Polytechnic. Together they designed the celebrated
Nastro, Eco, and Dondolo chairs before turning to urban and landscape design, renovation, and
redevelopment in Modena and its surroundings.