Flower Power: The Meaning of Flowers in Art, 1500-2000 - Hardcover
This lavishly illustrated book demonstrates the power of cut flowers to move the onlooker, a power crucial to the adop-tion of flowers in every culture to symbolize life, beauty, and death. All religions have flowers at the heart of their faith. Art has proved an enduring companion in the repre-sentation of the power of flowers to move. Flower Power brings together a wide variety of ravishing ren-derings and photographs of the cut flower in the history of fine and decorative art since 1500. It explains their symbolic meanings and demonstrates the response that flowers evoke in people everywhere. The illustrations of flowers in many different cultures around the world highlight the differences between faiths and traditions.
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About the Author:
Anna Pavord is the author of the best-selling title The Tulip.
Review:
"...[a] visual treat...."--Indianapolis Star, 7/5/03
"...a fascinating look at flowers and their place in history."--Suzanne Hively, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
"...a fascinating look at flowers and their place in history." (Suzanne Hively Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
"...[a] visual treat...." (Indianapolis Star,)
"...a fascinating look at flowers and their place in history."--Suzanne Hively, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
"...a fascinating look at flowers and their place in history." (Suzanne Hively Cleveland Plain-Dealer)
"...[a] visual treat...." (Indianapolis Star,)
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- PublisherPhilip Wilson Publishers
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0856675598
- ISBN 13 9780856675591
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
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