Landskab og kystlandskab i kunst

Ny Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik er et multidisciplinært tidsskrift, der orienterer sig på tværs af århundreder og landegrænser og bringer videnskab, litteratur og kunst side om side i ønsket om at bidrage til en kvalificeret samtale om naturen i en tid, hvor vores forestillinger og idéer om den ændres markant.

Som avantgardekunstner skabte L. A. Ring (1854-1933) en ny billedkunstnerisk æstetik og opnåede bred anerkendelse og popularitet. Der er i dag international interesse for hans værker, både i Norden, Europa og USA. Bogens komposition er både kronologisk og tematisk med en række kapitler, der bryder den horisontalt fremadskridende fremstilling og fokuserer på kunstnerens kernemotiver: vejen, tærsklen, døden, kærligheden og årstiderne.Desuden præsenteres et nyt kildemateriale, som udfordrer det etablerede billede af kunstneren og fremhæver helt andre sider af hans væsen og virke.Dr.phil. Henrik Wivel er forfatter til flere publikationer om L.A. Ring og skaber et nuanceret og levende billede af den kanoniserede danske maler som både menneske og kunstner. Det er en livslang interesse, der krystalliserer sig i denne store biografi.Dr.phil. Henrik Wivel er kritiker, forfatter og tidligere kulturredaktør ved Weekendavisen, Berlingske Tidende og Kristeligt Dagblad. Han er blevet tildelt Selma Lagerlöfs Medalj, Dansk Svensk Kulturpris og Georg Brandes prisen samt Dansk Forfatterforenings Faglitterære pris.

Ny Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik er et multidisciplinært tidsskrift, der orienterer sig på tværs af århundreder og landegrænser og bringer videnskab, litteratur og kunst side om side i ønsket om at bidrage til en kvalificeret samtale om naturen i en tid, hvor vores forestillinger og idéer om den ændres markant.

Ny Jord – Tidsskrift for naturkritik er et multidisciplinært tidsskrift, der orienterer sig på tværs af århundreder og landegrænser og bringer videnskab, litteratur og kunst side om side i ønsket om at bidrage til en kvalificeret samtale om naturen i en tid, hvor vores forestillinger og idéer om den ændres markant.

Maleren Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) tilhørte det radikale danske borgerskab omkring år 1900. Han var hele livet tæt knyttet til sin familie, og især hustruen Ida, hans søster Anna og familiens boliger var hans foretrukne motiver. Mest kendte er hans mange interiørbilleder fra Strandgade 30, holdt i en farveskala af gråt, grønt og rødbrunt. Især ’Åbne døre. Strandgade 30’ har fået ikonisk karakter. Men han malede også landskabsbilleder og skibsmotiver, og på Davids Samling nydes udsøgte eksempler på alle temaer.I bogen fortæller forfatteren Henrik Wivel, dr.phil., kritiker ved Kristeligt Dagblad og tidligere kulturredaktør ved Weekendavisen og Berlingske Tidende, indlevende om Hammershøis liv og kunst som baggrund for en fortolkning af kunstnerens værk, og de 15 malerier på Davids Samling analyseres indgående. Vi får også historien om stifteren af Davids Samling, sagfører og kunstsamler C.L. David (1878-1960), og hvordan han omskabte ejendommen i Kronprinsessegade 30 til en enestående samling af malerier og interiører.

I denne bog tager multikunstneren Leif Sylvester på en stemningsrejse rundt i Danmark og hylder det danske landskab. 44 stemningsbilleder pryder bogen, og både årstider, søer, køer, gravhøje, håndværk, lader, vilde blomster og gamle træer er med i Leif Sylvesters Danmarkskrønike. Hvert stemningsbillede er ledsaget af et maleri eller et smukt, autentisk foto taget af Leif Sylvester samt et digt, der beskriver de følelser, som han overvældes af i stemningsøjeblikket. I denne bog kommer Leif Sylvester bag om og tæt på naturen. Han mærker den nypløjede jord, dufter til landet, betræder grøfter og spejler sig i skovsøens blanke vand. Bogen er et unikt indblik i malerens og digterens smukke og allermest personlige danmarksbilleder.Leif Sylvester Petersen (1940-) er både skuespiller, sanger, musiker, billedkunstner, komponist og forfatter. Han har medvirket i over 20 film, komponeret musik til film og cirkus, været forsanger i eget band og ikke mindst kreeret kunst i keramik og på lærredet. I 1988 fik han gennembrud som kunstmaler og åbnede i 1996 sit eget galleri Python i København. Siden da har han arbejdet med at forene malerier og digte, og det er denne bog et smukt resultat af.

Keramiker Anne Rolsted har givet sig selv den udfordring at følge årets gang ved at lave en vase til hver uge i året. En vase der matcher lige det der vokser derude i grøftekanten, i markskellet, i mosen, i skovbrynet eller på brakmarken og som er særligt smukt og inspirerende i den pågældende uge.I denne bog føres du gennem årstiderne i billeder af træer, buske, planter, knopper, blomster, frugter, bær, kogler, lav, mos, landskaber, vaser og buketter. Du kommer helt ind i plantestrukturer, vasemønstre og glasuroverflader og får indblik i hvordan naturen påvirker keramikerens liv og virke.Bogen er en hyldest til den danske natur og al den helse og livskvalitet den har at byde på. Til årstidernes skiften og alle de smukke syns- og sanseindtryk der findes derude.

NY ESSAYBOG AF CHARLOTTE WEITZE OM KLIMAET SOM EKSISTENTIEL TRUSSEL Som skønlitterær forfatter har Charlotte Weitze gennem sine seneste værker skildret vores forhold til naturen og klimakrisen. I sit første store essay undersøger hun med udgangspunkt i sit eget liv, hvordan vi i mødet med kunsten kan reflektere over alt det uforudsigelige og irrationelle ved klimaforandringerne.For Charlotte Weitze går vejen til et dybere og bredere engagement i klimakampen hverken gennem forskningens benhårde facts eller politikernes moralske formaninger. Weitze undersøger, hvordan kunsten kan være et eksistentielt refleksionsrum – et sted, hvor vi kan finde vores egen måde at involvere os i klimaforandringerne på – tilpas følsomt uden at blive grebet af angst.KLODENS KLIMA I KUNSTENS PERSPEKTIVVidenskabsfolk og politikere har sagt alt det rigtige, men uden den store effekt. Kunne det give mening at udtrykke sig ’forkert’ – i betydningen åbenlyst famlende, anderledes indfølende, kreativt undersøgende – og måske opnå en effekt ved at lade mennesker mærke efter og tænke selv? I en kunstners tilgang til klodens klima lægges der ikke skjul på al den tvivl, bekymring, angst og forvirring, der kendetegner et menneskes oplevelse af naturens voldsomme forandringer.ET FORSØG MED HUD OG HÅRMed essayet ser Weitze tilbage på sin barndoms oplevelse af naturen og frem til i dag, hvor hun sammen med sin familie har sat egne mål for et mere bæredygtigt liv. Det er en vandring gennem kunstværker fra 1970’ernes aktivisme til nutidens kunst, bl.a. af Olafur Eliasson og Karin Lorentzen. Forfatterens engagement er dog ikke privat, men personligt, i bogstaveligste forstand et forsøg på indlevelse med hud og hår. Charlotte Weitze er skønlitterær forfatter og dramatiker. Klimaaktivisme og en kunstnerisk interesse for natur løber som en rød tråd gennem hendes forfatterskab, i Rosarium (2021), i cli-fi-romanen Den afskyelige (2016) og ikke mindst her i hendes nye essay om Klimaet og kunstneren.

Born of a desire to follow the seasons up and down America, and equally to find lyricism in contemporary American life despite all its dark histories, American Prospects has enjoyed a life of acclaim. Its pages are filled with unexpected excitement, despair, tenderness and hope. Its fears are expressed in beauty, its sadnesses in irony. Oddly enough, the society it seems to presage has now come to be; oddly enough, the ideas of this book bespeak our present moment.Often out of print, this new edition of Joel Sternfeld's seminal book returns to the format of the original 1987 edition. All of the now classic images within it-alongside a group of never published photographs-examine a once pristine land stewarded by indigenous peoples who needed no lessons in stewardship, and a land now occupied by a mix of peoples hoping for salvation within the fraught paths of late capitalism. The result suggests a vast nation whose prospects have much to do with global prospects, a "teenager of the world" unaware of its strengths, filled with idealism and frequent failings. These pictures see all but judge not.

"An exploration of the botany, geology, anthropology, and more of 50 UNESCO Natural Heritage Sites"--

Sebastião Salgado bereiste sechs Jahre lang das brasilianische Amazonasgebiet und fotografierte die unvergleichliche Schönheit dieser einzigartigen Region: den Regenwald, die Flüsse, die Berge, die Menschen, die dort leben. Ein unersetzlicher Schatz der Menschheit, in dem die ungeheure Kraft der Natur wie nirgendwo sonst auf der Erde zu spüren ist.

Denne bog illustrerer, hvordan kunstnere verden over på hver deres måde forsøger at bidrage til løsningen af den globale økologiske krise. Ralph Sanne (f. 1946) er cand.scient. i biologi, geografi og geologi.

Zoe Zenghelis' paintings create an unprecedented imaginary inspired by metropolitan structures, landforms and abstract tectonics. Born in Athens in 1937, she began her career as a founding member of Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), where her contributions created new opportunities for the group at the vanguard of architectural representation. Within, alongside and beyond this collaboration, Zenghelis developed a body of work exhibiting a playful and iconoclastic evocation of a very particular urban form - one that is perhaps a surreal mix of the Aegean landscape of her youth and metropolitan cities such as Paris, Berlin, New York or London. She has lived and worked in the latter since 1955. Do You Remember How Perfect Everything Was? traces the development of Zenghelis' artistic career through her paintings, projects and teaching. Published to accompany her first major retrospective exhibition, this monograph assembles an extensive selection of Zenghelis' work from the early 1960s to 2020, alongside a unique collection of her paintings as a member of OMA. Containing a number of studies, sketches and archival documents, it reviews the working process behind Zenghelis' OMA projects and teaching methods at the Architectural Association.

Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch, Ukrainisch Format: 23,5 x 30 cm , 192 Seiten Außergewöhnliche Landschaftsfotografie: modern, jung und auf das Wesentliche reduziert Eine Liebeserklärung des preisgekrönten ukrainischen Fotografen Yevhen Samuchenko an seine Heimat Durch den Blick von oben werden die Dimensionen der Ukraine als eines der größten europäischen Länder sichtbar gemacht Ein ästhetisches Meisterwerk der Formen und Farben Der ukrainische Fotograf Yevhen Samuchenko, geboren in Odessa, wurde weltweit für seine beeindruckende Reisefotografie und seine kunstvollen Aerials ausgezeichnet - weil er die zerbrechliche Schönheit unseres Planeten in poetischen Bildern festhält. Auch die seiner Heimat, die jäh in das Zentrum der internationalen Aufmerksamkeit gerückt ist und zerbrechlicher scheint denn je. The Beauty of Ukraine ist eine Liebeserklärung an die Landschaften der Ukraine und zugleich ein ästhetischer Hochgenuss. Yevhen Samuchenko zeigt uns etwa den Lemurianischen See aus der Luft, dessen ungewöhnlich pinke Farbe ihn wie ein Land-Art-Kunstwerk erscheinen lässt. Er nimmt einen Canyon bei Cherson so auf, dass er wie eine Grafik in der sattgrünen Landschaft wirkt. Mohn- und Lavendelfelder faszinieren mit ihrer kompromisslosen Farbigkeit, Winterlandschaften mit ihrer monumentalen Stille und Reduziertheit. Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch, Ukrainisch

En smuk fotografisk rejse til Italiens Amalfi. De 60 motiver er gengivet i sort/hvid i en næsten akvarelagtig teknik og et guldalderligt motivvalg, der leder tanken tilbage på tider, hvor man drog på rejse til Sydeuropa for at skildre storheden, det fortryllende og det inspirerende nye.Denne dejlige bog er trykt på 200 gram krideret kunsttrykpapir og er indbundet i helshirting med indklæbet forsidemotiv, sølvpræg og smuk bøttepapirsforsats.

"Dive into the enchanting depths of the world's oceans and explore the wonders hidden beneath the waves." Key Features:22 Unique Illustrations: Discover a rich variety of underwater scenes, from the vibrant coral reefs of the Caribbean to the mysterious kelp forests of the Pacific Northwest. Each page offers a new world to color and explore.High-Quality Paper: Printed on premium paper to ensure a great coloring experience. Suitable for pencils, markers, and watercolors, with minimal bleed-through.Worldwide Ocean Landscapes + 1 Bonus River Scene: Journey through different oceans and seas across the globe, marveling at the biodiversity and scenic beauty under the surface. An extra river scene is included.Stress-Relieving Designs: Carefully crafted and vibrant illustrations that cater to relaxation and mindfulness, perfect for unwinding after a long day.Suitable for All Ages: Whether you are a budding young artist or an experienced colorist, this book offers a range of complexities to cater to every skill level.Perforated Pages: Easily tear out your masterpieces for framing or gifting, thanks to clean, perforated edges.Large Format: At 8.5 x 11 inches, the book provides ample space for detailed coloring.Perfect For:Ocean and nature enthusiastsArt therapy and stress reliefEducational activities for childrenGifts for friends and family passionate about marine life

The catalog not only focuses on the work of the artist Sven Drühl, but also pays tribute to him as a collector and theorist. Drühl has shown his conceptual landscape paintings, neons and bronzes in numerous institutional exhibitions for over 20 years. Now, for the first time, the Hans Erni Museum Lucerne and the Museum Wiesbaden are presenting Drühl's collection of 19th century paintings alongside his works: from Eugen Bracht to Janus La Cour and Carl Spitzweg. Drühl's many years of theoretical work - as guest editor of Kunstforum International and author of numerous art-science articles - will also be presented here. SVEN DRÜHL (*1968, Nassau) studied art and mathematics. He became internationally known through his compilations of famous landscape paintings. With a PhD in art theory, he is also an author and editor of publications on contemporary art.

Washington and Oregon are often thought of as a wet green area, and indeed, a lot of it is. After all, Washington is known as the Evergreen State. However, a large part of the area lying east of the Cascade Range is desert or near desert, albeit much of that area is irrigated for agricultural purposes. East of the Cascades takes the reader on a photographic journey through that region in a county-by-county manner. The journey starts in the Columbia River Gorge then heads north to the Canadian border then back south, eventually landing in the southeastern corner of Washington. Crossing into Oregon, the travel path works its way west to the Cascades then south and east, ending in Malheur County in southeastern Oregon. Several photographs from each county traversed are included. Brief historical facts and other information of interest for each county are included with each set of county photographs. While not intended to be a travel guide, the book gives the reader a feeling for the sights and terrain to be seen throughout eastern and central Washington and Oregon.

If ever there were an expert in the history, beauty, and overall best places to visit in Hawaii, Craig E. Burgess would be that person. His first visit to the islands was in 1974, the first of forty-one in total!Providing a glimpse of Hawaiian culture, history, music, art, and daily lifestyles to the reader, A Fleeting Glimpse of Paradise was inspired by Craig's time spent with special residents of Hawaii who shared a special "Spirit of Aloha" during his forty-one visits to the islands. His hope is that during your visit, you spend time with local residents of the islands and "talk story" with them, rather than simply going there for an "Aloha" shirt, flower lei, or some other souvenir.This beautiful collection of anecdotes, inspired poems, and special stories you can't get from travel books encourages readers to find ways to conserve the natural beauty of the islands-and to make the very best of their experience in this magical utopia.

Toute perception paysagère a tendance à dissocier les composantes physiques de ses résonances existentielles et symboliques. Nonobstant, peut-on penser autrement les paysages méditerranéens¿et s¿affranchir de ce dualisme omniprésent dans la pensée occidentale¿? Autrement dit, peut-on considérer quelques paysages de l¿eau qualifiés de méditerranéens comme un objet global¿? En interrogeant de façon holistique ces quelques espaces «¿en trompe l¿¿il¿», ce volume étudie les manières dont ces lieux hydriques sont conditionnés par leur environnement culturel et symbolique. Dès lors, c¿est grâce au rôle joué par la mémoire et par l¿invariance thématique que la réalité paysagère ici analysée peut être singularisée en géographie affective, en matrice archétypale, en «¿pensée-paysage méditerranéenne¿».

The Sandhills...An Ecological Treasure Long ago, they were drifting dunes of sand. Today, stabilizing grasses and underground water beneath the Sandhills provide good pasture for cattle. Schilling traveled the Sandhills to ask the people he met "What keeps you bonded to this remote land where winters can be severe and summers blistering hot?" The answers were common: Family, the beauty of the hills, and the peace and quietness of the land. This pictorial journey contains stories of Sandhill ranchers and residents. Some of these stories are humorous and others poignant, but they all demonstrate the culture of hardworking, independent people who are quick to offer help to neighbors and even strangers when needed. Hard work, optimism, respect for livestock, and love of family are deeply woven values in Nebraska's fabric. The tales within these pages will envelop the reader in the warmth and beauty of the Sandhills.

Das Buch, das zugleich als Dokumentation der gleichnamigen Ausstellungspräsentation im Haus Mödrath dient, präsentiert frühe Arbeiten aus der Privatsammlung Wilhelm Otto Nachf. Gezeigt werden vor allem Werke solcher Künstlerinnen und Künstler, die in den späten 1980er- und frühen 1990er-Jahren im Rheinland arbeiteten, als Köln neben New York das weltweite Zentrum der zeitgenössischen Kunst war.Über die Jahre formte sich bis heute eine Sammlung, die einen subjektiven Einblick in die damalige Kölner Kunstlandschaft liefert und erstmalig in dieser Form in Haus Mödrath zu sehen ist.Ergänzt werden Ausstellung und Katalog um Künstler und Kunstwerke, die sich diesem Kölner Zeitabschnitt unmittelbar anschlossen und einen wichtigen Schwerpunkt der heutigen Sammlung bilden.Mit Arbeiten von: Albert Oehlen, Andreas Schulze, Anna und Bernhard Blume, Antony Gormley, Blalla W. Hallmann, Christopher Wool, Fischli/Weiss, Georg Herold, Gregor Schneider, Günther Förg, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Isa Genzken, Jochen Lempert, John Bock, Joseph Beuys, Jürgen Klauke, Kai Althoff, Katharina Sieverding, Marcel Odenbach, Peter Duka, Rob Scholte, Roman Signer, Rosemarie Trockel, Siegfried Anzinger, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Zipp, Walter Dahn

Cet ouvrage résume un itinéraire scientifique fondé sur une thématique originale, l¿évolution d¿une vallée et des villes riveraines de la Meuse en partant de l¿étude du fleuve. Celle-ci repose sur des échelles spatiales et chronologiques à la mesure de la nature, le temps long et de larges espaces. Elle s¿appuie sur les données de l¿archéologie et de la géographie, afin d¿envisager tous les sujets qui touchent à la rivière : le cours d¿eau lui-même, les bateaux, les techniques de navigation, les « infrastructures fluviales ». Ces analyses enrichissent des problématiques plus vastes les pouvoirs, des questions relatives à l¿économie ou à la vie sociale. Cet autre regard, sans cloisonnements, cette grande diversité de thématiques s¿éclairant l¿une l¿autre se nomme aujourd¿hui « Histoire connectée ». Cela a encouragé l¿auteur à élargir l¿espace envisagé à l¿ensemble des cours d¿eau entre les Pyrénées et le Rhin. L¿intérêt d¿une telle étude réside en effet dans les comparaisons ainsi permises.

Unlock the Secrets to Captivating Water Landscapes, from still lakes and crashing waves to water droplets. Enhance Your Skills, and Ignite Your Creativity! Water, a captivating element in any painting, now becomes your masterpiece with artist and teacher Stephen Coates as your guide. In this latest addition to the Easy Guide to Painting series, Stephen unravels the secrets of watercolor mastery, transforming ordinary landscapes into extraordinary works of art. Stephen's straightforward and approachable techniques demystify the complexities of painting water. He equips you with the knowledge of essential tools and materials, ensuring your palette is primed for your creative journey. Begin with an exploration of reflections and their pivotal role in capturing water on paper.Create 8 beautiful, beginner-friendly step-by-step projects, including stormy seas, cascading waterfalls, still lakes and lapping waves.Build up a range of versatile skills and techniques as you progress through the book.Be inspired by Stephen's handy tips and a vibrant selection of his stunning artworks. New skills and techniques are introduced as you progress through the book, so you can gradually build your knowledge as you paint.Perfect for beginners, this is this latest addition to the Easy Guide to Painting series and brings the excitement of Stephen's live teaching into a no-fuss book that will help you create your own captivating watercolor masterpieces. Whether it's the tranquility of still-water lakes or the drama of crashing seas and majestic waterfalls, each scene comes to life with Stephen's expert guidance. Unlock the magic of watercolors and let your creativity flow.

US artist Heather Sheehan, who has lived in Cologne since the mid-1990s, combines elements of performance, textile sculpture, installation and video art, analog black and white photography, poetry and narrative in her work to explore and present individual mythology.For her project Sylta, the whaler's widow who cries (2020-2024), the artist combined a sequence of 40 black and white self-portraits, a short story and the costume she sewed herself into a visual and verbal narrative. Isolated with an analog camera and typewriter in a thatched house on the coast of an island in the Wadden Sea of the North Sea, Sheehan felt herself transported into the role of a pregnant widow of a whaling captain. In the short story Ich bin Sylta, she reveals the startling synchronicity of experiencing fiction during the creative process.

Greetings from the Atomic Realm, an amazing voyage inside the complex web of matter's basic building blocks. Discovering the mysteries behind the fundamental elements of existence, we dig into the microscopic landscapes that form the very fabric of our universe in this engrossing investigation. The atom is the smallest unit of matter with infinite significance and the center of the Atomic Realm. This is where protons, neutrons, and electrons perform their complicated dance, creating the soundscape of life. These minuscule particles, subject to the principles of quantum physics, form the complex network of matter that characterizes our material world. The fascinating diversity of the Atomic Realm is revealed as we delve deeper. Each element has a distinct atomic structure, which enables it to produce the kaleidoscope of compounds that make up our world. The periodic table serves as a guide for us as we navigate the multiplicity of elements, from the simplicity of hydrogen to the intricacy of uranium. The Atomic Realm is a dynamic environment that undergoes continuous change and metamorphosis rather than being a static landscape. Observe the atoms' throbbing energy, which propels the chemical reactions that shape our surroundings. Discover the processes that combine atoms to form molecules and create the vast variety of compounds that make up everything from the air we breathe to the oceans that envelop our globe. But the adventure doesn't stop there. We are invited to explore the core of stars through The Atomic Realm, where nuclear fusion transforms elements and releases the energy that powers the universe. Admire the cosmic alchemy that, since the beginning of time, has molded the universe. Science and wonder blend together in the Atomic Realm to show a realm full of boundless possibilities but guided by exact laws. Come along on this journey where the secrets of matter reveal themselves and the atomic world's beauty invites you to reflect on the fundamental nature of reality itself.

"Small Wonders of the Ocean: Investigating Manta Beam Little guy Advancement" dives into the spellbinding and frequently baffling universe of one of the sea's most glorious animals, the manta beam. This book unwinds the complexities of manta beam little guy improvement, revealing insight into the entrancing excursion from origination to adolescent stages. The initial parts set the stage by acquainting perusers with the stunning life systems and physiology of manta beams, their different species, and the broad living spaces they possess. As we leave on this investigation, the account unfurls with an accentuation on the crucial parts of manta beam life, including romance, mating conduct, and the complexities of their regenerative cycles.The core of the book, parts two through four, guides perusers through the sensitive course of birth and the basic beginning of manta beam little guys. This part unwinds the difficulties looked by these weak animals, featuring the fundamental pretended by maternal consideration in guaranteeing their endurance. As the account advances, perusers are drenched in the development and improvement of manta beam puppies. From their remarkable taking care of propensities to the various phases of their development, every part reveals another layer of knowledge into the complexities of their lives. The investigation of their cooperations with the climate and other marine life gives an all encompassing point of view on the job of manta beams in sea biological systems. Sections five and six shift the concentration to protection challenges and mechanical advances in concentrating on manta beam little guy improvement. Perusers gain a comprehension of the human dangers these animals face and the continuous endeavors to protect their territories. Mechanical developments in following and observing manta beam little guys add to the developing assemblage of information fundamental for powerful protection. The last parts highlight the fragile harmony between human communication and manta beam preservation. Dependable the travel industry, instructive projects, and public mindfulness drives are investigated as significant parts in the aggregate work to guarantee the endurance of these minuscule supernatural occurrences of the ocean. "Little Marvels of the Ocean" arises as an instructive and outwardly spellbinding excursion, entwining logical investigation with a sincere source of inspiration for the protection of these exceptional marine creatures.

What kind of world do we want to bequeath to our children? What planet, what future do we want to pass on to them? In his latest book, Cyril Christo poses the most fundamental of all questions. Together with his wife Marie Wilkinson and their son Lysander, Christo has been seeking out the wonders of this world for more than 40 years and across all continents. During their travels to the Inuit or the first peoples of Africa, they come into contact with communities who seem to have everything that modern, technological society has lost: time, family, and an almost inexhaustible kindness towards strangers.The photographers present the wonder of unspoilt nature in their book, captured in powerful duotone images that provide a fascinating glimpse into the beauty of life. With a fighting yet sensitive spirit, they share how their experiences and encounters have guided their son's development and how nature can serve as a teacher to all children with their irrepressible yearning for wonder. The world's greatest classroom, nature as the school of life, is threatened as never before by climate change and the continuous loss of habitat. Christo and Wilkinson regard their book as a manifesto and a warning, because »without wonder we are lost.«