Features 47 artworks from private and public collections that trace the artist's career from Pond’s Edge (1986) to The Reef (2009). Inspired by 19th–century landscape painting, science fiction film, and firsthand field study, Rockman’s paintings proffer a vision of the natural world that is equal parts fantasy and empirical fact. “filled with thought-provoking, unforgettable images” Natural History Magazine “exceedingly enjoyable reading for modern and contemporary art enthusiasts as well as individuals interested in the natural sciences” Stan Parchin, Art Museum Journal “If you are interested in art as well as environmental science, this book is for you” Glenn Suter, IEAM Journal “Able to lament the tragedy of nature’s disruption and glory in the vitality of its survivors, Alexis Rockman is the perfect artist for the anthropocene” Brandon Keim, wired.com “filled with thought-provoking, unforgettable images” Natural History Magazine “exceedingly enjoyable reading for modern and contemporary art enthusiasts as well as individuals interested in the natural sciences” Stan Parchin, Art Museum Journal “If you are interested in art as well as environmental science, this book is for you” Glenn Suter, IEAM Journal “Able to lament the tragedy of nature’s disruption and glory in the vitality of its survivors, Alexis Rockman is the perfect artist for the anthropocene” Brandon Keim, wired.com Joanna Marsh is The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Kevin J. Avery is a senior research scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas Lovejoy is a leading biologist and Biodiversity Chair at The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, Washington, D.C. Used Book in Good Condition