The Magic of Trees

by Bruderlin, Markus; Gardi, Bernhard; Hohl, Reinhold; Kaufmann, Christian

• ISBN13: 9783775707985
• ISBN10: 3775707980
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Some of the oldest and most enduring myths involve the tree. Why this is, should be obvious, for without trees there would be no oxygen, fire, heat, wood, paper, nor dwellings -- in short, no life as we know it. Like water, trees are not just metaphors for life, they are life. This book celebrates the tree as it inspires artistic imagination, and gathers together the arboreal images of such artists as Friedrich, Monet, Cezanne, Giacometti, Ernst, Beuys, Baselitz, Penone, and many others, as well as artists and artisans From Africa and the Pacific. Here, those who have identified with trees for their symbolic, aesthetic, and natural principles of life preservation, are represented and discussed, and the role of the tree in folklore, magic, religion, and aesthetics, is considered.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(9)
Ernst Beyler
Pictures About Trees	9	(106)
Reinhold Hohl
The Last Tree Perceptions of the Tree in Contemporary Art	115	(16)
Markus Br¨derlin
The Magic of Trees---Powers in Wood Images from South Pacific Cultures	131	(19)
Christian Kaufmann
Trees---Powers in Wood Conceptions of African Art	150	(9)
Bernhard Gardi
Works on Exhibit	159	(6)
Biographies Contemporary Artists	165