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The author outlines the mythology of flowers in the ancient and early Christian worlds and explains their special significance for love and marriage, in customs and festivals and the use of flowers as status symbols, as symbols of the seasons of the year or as metaphors of human qualities. Thirty-five beautiful depictions of flowers taken from the Renaissance and Baroque periods are reproduced as full-page illustrations accompanied by descriptive texts which analyse their symbolism, mythological importance, use and meaning in our present times.
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The language of Flowers, Marina Heilmeyer
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- Année de publication
- 2006
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Marina Heilmeyer
- Éditeur
- Prestel
- Publié
- 2006
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 3791335707
- ISBN13
- 9783791335704
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Art / Culture, Loisirs et maison, Art, Manuels et guides, Plantes, Cadeaux pour papy, Cadeaux pour mamie, Jardinage & Horticulture
- Évaluation
- 3,7 sur 5
- Description
- The author outlines the mythology of flowers in the ancient and early Christian worlds and explains their special significance for love and marriage, in customs and festivals and the use of flowers as status symbols, as symbols of the seasons of the year or as metaphors of human qualities. Thirty-five beautiful depictions of flowers taken from the Renaissance and Baroque periods are reproduced as full-page illustrations accompanied by descriptive texts which analyse their symbolism, mythological importance, use and meaning in our present times.