Images of Nature - Adrian Munsey

IMAGES OF NATURE is a comprehensively illustrated book that describes the history of attitudes to nature from prehistoric times to the present. Landscapes far and wide are photographed and combined with extracts from poetry and philosophy to illuminate the varying and changing attitude that man has had towards the natural world and its representation. IMAGES OF NATURE is divided into a number of sections: Prehistoric, Celtic, Medieval, the Landscape Garden, Romanticism and Modern. The book contains a gazetteer describing the key places associated with particular attitudes and representations of the natural world. IMAGES OF NATURE is part evocation, part description, part elucidation and part guide book. The extracts of poetry range from Celtic nature poems to extracts from Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot. Places photographed range from Nun Appleton House, where Andrew Marvell wrote his poem The Garden, to Stonehenge, Avebury, Stourhead, Chatsworth and over 100 other inspiring places.