Amber: Window to the Past (repost)
Amber: Window to the Past By David A. Grimaldi
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams 2003 | 216 Pages | ISBN: 0810926520 | PDF | 17 MB
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams 2003 | 216 Pages | ISBN: 0810926520 | PDF | 17 MB
Every semiprecious jewel needs a major motion picture to increase its audience appeal. Five years ago, a book on amber could guarantee an audience–perhaps–only of Lithuanian ladies of a certain age. But after Jurassic Park, is there an American who doesn't know about the miracles of long ago that are encapsulated in petrified resin? This lavish book captures both the beauty and the strangeness of amber: the beauty, in glorious, honey-toned color images of some of the world's most exquisite amber artifacts; the strangeness, in close-ups of leaf fragments, tiny feathers, or whole bees buried among bubbles of ancient air. The text, meanwhile, is solid and comprehensive; the rest of the illustrations, including at least as many black-and-white historical and documentary plates as there are colorplates, excellent.