Trees Explore the world from roots to treetops

Trees: Exploring the World from Roots to Treetops invites the reader on a fabulous journey across continents and cultures to discover how artists and illustrators have been inspired by forests and trees for over 3,500 years, from ancient Greece to the present day. This beautifully illustrated overview brings together more than 300 spectacular images covering a wide range of styles and techniques, from paintings, botanical illustrations, sculptures, photographs, film clips and textiles. This selection, made by an international committee of experts, reveals the diversity of trees from around the world, from the common ash to the giant sequoia, including the trees that grow in California's Joshua Tree National Park and those bordering the Champs-Élysées. This reference work includes famous and lesser-known works by artists and creators such as Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Agnes Denes, Andy Goldsworthy, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, SallyMann, Kerry James Marshall, Marianne North, Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Vincent van Gogh, and many more. Assembled in pairs, regardless of chronology and geography, the images reveal astonishing contrasts and similarities. See fossils of now-extinct species as well as pioneering charts and maps tracing tree growth and deforestation across the globe. Discover the traditions of sacred trees in different mythologies, but also each element of the tree, from its complex networks of roots to the trunk and bark, including branches, buds, cones and leaves. Trees, whether depicted in ancient Roman mosaics or illuminated manuscripts, rendered on paper or captured digitally using the latest technology, have long been a favorite subject for artists and creatives around the world. The beauty, vitality and presence of trees in our daily lives will continue to be a source of inspiration for generations to come.