With exhaustive information, superb full-colour photography, and detailed illustrations and accurate maps, the New Millennium Collection is perfect for those who want to know more about the history and art of the regions, cities, and monuments they visit
At head of title: Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets, National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentellial of the Discovery of America.
The Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, founded in 1775 by Grand-Duke Pietro Leopold, is the oldest scientific museum in Europe. With this second volume on the Botanical Collection, Florence University Press continues its series dedicated to the six Sections of the Museum. The first part of the volume recounts the birth of botanical sciences in Florence and the history of the museum collections from sixteenth century to today. Then follows the second part which describes the historical and modern Herbaria, for each of which the main events that went to their formation, the importance of the plants they contain and biographical information on those who built the collections are described. The third section expounds the other collections in the Botanical Section of the Museum, among which of particular interest are the wax models of plants and fruits, manufactured by the old Grand-ducal Ceroplastics Laboratory, the wood collection, plaster of Paris mushrooms and the eighteenth century still life paintings of fruits and vegetables by Bartolomeo Bimbi. Finally, the last part illustrates the importance that herbaria play today in modern scientific research, drawing attention to the fact that they are an archive that holds taxonomical, chorological and ecological information in function of the plants they contain, as well as historical-biographical information on the scholars who, through their efforts, built up the collections.
This book unveils behind-the-scene images of the revered and beloved actress.The content offers a full-blown account of her stunning career as well as hercharming personality.
"Donald Baechler è nato ad Hartford, Connecticut, nel 1956. Stessa generazione di Keith Haring (1958), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960) e Jeff Koons (1955), appena più giovane delle altre star della pittura americana negli anni Ottanta: David Salle (1952), Julian Schnabel (1951), Robert Longo (1953). Giovanissimo protagonista nel decennio forse più vivo e fecondo, Baechler supera l'enfasi degli esordi e adotta senza peraltro variare troppo uno schema figurativo che lo rende riconoscibile tra mille. Baechler è sedotto dalla banalità di un soggetto che può reiterarsi all'infinito eppure rinnovarsi a suo piacimento. Inventa il suo personale universo iconografico; i soggetti sono interpretati in visioni astratte, come il globo, sintetico e appena abbozzato, quasi 'uno scheletro' o meglio 'lo scheletro del mondo'." Annotation Supplied by Informazioni Editoriali
This wanderlust-fueled guide profiles breath-taking surfing spots in seven European regions, including Spanish Cantabria, the French Basque Country, Tenerife, Belgium, and Brittany. Veerle Helsen, a die-hard surfer and design journalist, has combed Europe for a mix of better and lesser- known surfing spots, authentic beach restaurants, fabulous hotels and the most beautiful driving routes.