Product Description

Photographs of tulips, from close-ups of single petals to collections of flowers. This book attempts to capture the beauty of tulips, whether the most common or the rarest and most exotic varieties.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3032092 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 84 pages

From Library Journal
Photographer Arnold, noted for his beauty and nature photographs, here fashions a stunning book that would grace anyone's coffee table but that has limited value for most libraries. Other than a brief historical introduction, a one-page listing of suppliers of bulbs, and a single page on tulip classification, there is no text. By far the greater part of Arnold's book consists of 70 pages of full-page color photos of tulips, in close-up, usually against a white or black background, often a single specimen. There is a "Pictorial Index" of the photographs in miniature. Recommended only for comprehensive collections in photography and botanical illustration.
- Richard Shotwell, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
Stunning new book to inspire green thoughts. -- PaperCity Atlanta, July 2006

TULIPS is a glorious spread of lush botanical prints that would make an amateur horticulturalist swoon. -- VOGUE, August 2006

About the Author
Peter Arnold's work as a fine art photographer and pictorial artist is known internationally. His best-selling books, Orchids, Tulips and Bulbs in Bloom have become classics of flower photography.

Customer Reviews

Stunningly Beautiful Photography
"Tulips" is a dramatically photographed, spectacularly beautiful coffee table book, a gift more unique and special that the publishers photos suggest. The exotic blooms are presented in two-page spreads, always color matched: pinks with pinks, yellows with yellows. Arnold uses a lavish amount of black grounds to showcase his exotic flowers, assorting black and white grounds in one spread, followed by the next two pages in all black ground. Many of the photos "bleed" off the page, for heightened graphic impact. The photos are bold, sophisticated, and full of life. There are no bouquets, no mixtures. Each species dances alone, commanding the viewer's full attention.

I should not admit this fact, but I bought two books, got out my exacto knife and cut the pages of one volume for matting and hanging. The intensely-saturated inks and finest quality, heavy paper gave me art quality, modern, botanical prints at a tiny fraction of their market cost. The book is a fabulous value at its Amazon price.

Tulips
This book is a visual treat-- one of the most stunningly beautiful books I have seen. It arrived shrink-wrapped which was excellent. Thoroughly recommended.