Joseph Stella: Apotheosis of the Rose (F

A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Acclaimed futurist painter Joseph Stella (1877-1946) emigrated to New York from Italy when he was a young man, where he started medical school before choosing to pursue art instead. He would go on to travel back and forth between Europe and New York, and became a pioneer of Futurism in the United States. While he is best known for his depictions of industrial America, particularly the Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island, he also felt a kinship with the natural world, and his floral paintings are full of joy and beauty. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."