Views of Nature, Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Views of Nature, Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation write by Alexander von Humboldt. This book was released on 1850. Views of Nature, Or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Nature Across Cultures
Nature Across Cultures - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nature Across Cultures write by Helaine Selin. This book was released on 2013-04-17. Nature Across Cultures available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Watercolor in Nature
Watercolor in Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Watercolor in Nature write by Rosalie Haizlett. This book was released on 2021-11-30. Watercolor in Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Capture the Natural World with Vibrant Works of Art Nature illustrator Rosalie Haizlett has hiked through countless forests with her sketchbook and watercolors, documenting the plants, animals and landscapes that she encounters. She has also taught tens of thousands of students to paint and appreciate nature’s beauty through her popular online classes and in-person workshops. In this book, Rosalie provides step-by-step instruction on how to paint 20 realistic insects, fungi, birds, botanicals and mammals in her vibrant wet- on-dry watercolor style. Pick up the skills you need to become a better observer in the outdoors, take your own reference photos and paint a wide variety of subjects so that you can continue to draw inspiration from nature long after you finish the projects in this book. You’ll also learn some fun nature facts along the way! Whether you’re a total beginner or ready to take your skills to the next level, Rosalie is here to walk you through every step of the process.
Aspects of Nature
Aspects of Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aspects of Nature write by Alexander Von Humboldt. This book was released on 2022-10-27. Aspects of Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Invention of Nature
The Invention of Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Invention of Nature write by Andrea Wulf. This book was released on 2016-10-04. The Invention of Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. "Vivid and exciting.... Wulf’s pulsating account brings this dazzling figure back into a dazzling, much-deserved focus.” —The Boston Globe Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the most famous scientist of his age, a visionary German naturalist and polymath whose discoveries forever changed the way we understand the natural world. Among his most revolutionary ideas was a radical conception of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. In North America, Humboldt’s name still graces towns, counties, parks, bays, lakes, mountains, and a river. And yet the man has been all but forgotten. In this illuminating biography, Andrea Wulf brings Humboldt’s extraordinary life back into focus: his prediction of human-induced climate change; his daring expeditions to the highest peaks of South America and to the anthrax-infected steppes of Siberia; his relationships with iconic figures, including Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson; and the lasting influence of his writings on Darwin, Wordsworth, Goethe, Muir, Thoreau, and many others. Brilliantly researched and stunningly written, The Invention of Nature reveals the myriad ways in which Humboldt’s ideas form the foundation of modern environmentalism—and reminds us why they are as prescient and vital as ever.
