Snowflakes in Photographs (Dover Pictorial Archive)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486412539 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The present volume includes a selection of 72 of the best plates (containing over 850 royalty-free, black-and-white photographs), carefully selected from that larger collection.An inexhaustible source of design inspiration for artists, designers, and craftspeople, these graceful patterns are ideal for use in textile and wallpaper design, as well as a host of other creative projects. For almost a century, W. These images will also appeal to anyone intrigued by the intricacy and beauty of design in the natural world.. His painstakingly prepared images were remarkable revelations of nature's diversity in uniformity: no two snowflakes are exactly alike, but all are based on a common hexagon.In 1931, the American Meteorological Society gathered the best of Bentley's photos and had them published; that work has long been available in a Dover reprint edition. A. Bentley caught and photographed thousands of snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work
This book is awesome! It holds student attention and is a perfect This book is awesome! It holds student attention and is a perfect book for my K-6 instructional needs in Science and Art, as well as for supporting Social-Emotional mini-lessons targeting empathy & understanding the benefits of diversity in cooperative learning situation. Positive. mpThe title says it all This is not what I was expecting, and I should have read the description more carefully. The photos are all clear, but that's all the book is: photos of snowflakes, just like the cover. If you want lots and lots of photos of snowflakes, this is your book. I bought this for my grea. said The title says it all. This is not what I was expecting, and I should have read the description more carefully. The photos are all clear, but that's all the book is: photos of snowflakes, just like the cover. If you want lots and lots of photos of snowflakes, this is your book. I bought this for my grea. A. Karlsson said Know What You Want & Why. This book about lived up to my expectations -- which wouldn't make it worth it for everybody. In our case, we were doing a unit study on snowflakes and we covered Bentley's biography (from children's picture books for the young ones to more complete adult biographies for the older
From the Back CoverFor almost a century, W. The present volume includes a selection of 72 of the best plates (containing over 850 royalty-free, black-and-white photographs), carefully selected from that larger collection.An inexhaustible source of design inspiration for artists, designers, and craftspeople, these graceful patterns are ideal for use in textile and wallpaper design, as well as a host of other creative projects. A. Bentley caught and photographed thousands of snowflakes in his workshop at Jericho, Vermont, and made available to scientists and art instructors samples of his remarkable work. These images will also appeal to anyone intrigued by the intricacy and beauty of design in the natural world.. His painstakingly prepared images were remarkable revelations of nature's diversity in uniformity: no two snowf