In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise—the color and the gem—to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape.
From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of both great beauty and great desecration. Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even motel swimming pools. She introduces us to Navajo “velvet grandmothers” whose attire and aesthetics absorb the vivid palette of their homeland, as well as to Persians who consider turquoise the life-saving equivalent of a bullet-proof vest. Throughout, Meloy invites us to appreciate along with her the endless surprises in all of life and celebrates the seduction to be found in our visual surroundings.
發表於2024-11-12
The Anthropology of Turquoise 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
圖書標籤: 藝術 色彩 自然主義 人類學 人類學 anthropology
這書還真不能算人類學的書。作者是位畫傢、崇尚戶外探險的環保主義者。描寫的都是美國的自然地景。這本書當年要去競爭的,並不是人類學的奬項,而是散文類奬項。可惜,作者已經故去。
評分這書還真不能算人類學的書。作者是位畫傢、崇尚戶外探險的環保主義者。描寫的都是美國的自然地景。這本書當年要去競爭的,並不是人類學的奬項,而是散文類奬項。可惜,作者已經故去。
評分這書還真不能算人類學的書。作者是位畫傢、崇尚戶外探險的環保主義者。描寫的都是美國的自然地景。這本書當年要去競爭的,並不是人類學的奬項,而是散文類奬項。可惜,作者已經故去。
評分這書還真不能算人類學的書。作者是位畫傢、崇尚戶外探險的環保主義者。描寫的都是美國的自然地景。這本書當年要去競爭的,並不是人類學的奬項,而是散文類奬項。可惜,作者已經故去。
評分這書還真不能算人類學的書。作者是位畫傢、崇尚戶外探險的環保主義者。描寫的都是美國的自然地景。這本書當年要去競爭的,並不是人類學的奬項,而是散文類奬項。可惜,作者已經故去。
The Anthropology of Turquoise 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載