{"product_id":"9783032108159","title":"Arboreal Modernism and the Woodcut Book","description":"\u003ch1\u003eArboreal Modernism and the Woodcut Book\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBadoi, Olivia\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW29832518 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW29832518 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Emphasis\"\u003eThis book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn='{\"ObjectId\":\"c66ef6be-b785-5f4e-bbb9-1327dfc155ae|1\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":[201342446,\"1\",201342447,\"5\",201342448,\"1\",201342449,\"1\",469777841,\"Times New Roman\",469777842,\"Times New Roman\",469777843,\"Times New Roman\",469777844,\"Times New Roman\",201341986,\"1\",469769226,\"Times New Roman\",268442635,\"24\",469775450,\"whitespace-normal\",201340122,\"2\",134233614,\"true\",469778129,\"whitespace-normal\",335572020,\"1\",335559740,\"240\",201341983,\"0\",134233118,\"true\",134233117,\"true\",469778324,\"Normal\"]}'\u003ereveals how modernist artists across Europe and the United States turned to trees and wooden materials as both subject and medium to reimagine human relationships with the natural world. In an era of accelerating industrialization, these artists made the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eseemingly anachronistic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e choice to work with wood—creating handcrafted books that challenged the alienation of modern life through their very materiality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW29832518 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW29832518 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eArboreal Modernism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e examines the transnational phenomenon of woodcut modernism through pioneering artists including Lynd Ward, whose anti-racist and anti-capitalist narratives used trees as witnesses to violence and models for social interconnection; Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, whose collaborative woodcut projects at the Hogarth Press challenged boundaries between text and image; Helen West Heller, the first artist to carve both word and image from the same woodblock in her innovative poetry; and Helena \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eBochořáková-Dittrichová\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e, whose wordless narratives critiqued colonialism while envisioning alternative futures led by women. The book also traces this tradition's contemporary legacy through artists Eric \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDrooker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e and Peter Kuper.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eThrough close analysis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eBadoi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29832518 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e demonstrates how the woodcut book served as both artistic innovation and political intervention, using the ancient technique of woodcutting to address modern concerns about ecology, community, and social justice. This study recovers an overlooked dimension of modernist experimentation while offering insights relevant to our current environmental crisis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-01-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032108159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-10816-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 144\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44571112407180,"sku":"9783032108159","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032108159.jpg?v=1776098751","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032108159","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}