The Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (747 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006019703X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Using the symbolic Language of Flowers, she invests each flower grouping with subtle and often highly romantic meanings -- indeed, it is thought that the volume was intended as a lasting tribute to a lost lover.In her fascinating commentary on the paintings, Gill Saunders, a senior curator in the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, explains the intriguing floral symbolism and takes the reader on a delightful journey into Fanny Robinson's leisured and cultivated world of flower, pen and brush.. Hailed by the press as a publishing phenomenon, The Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady is a clas
Most flowers tend toward the fragrantly romantic--scented geraniums, violets, pansies, and rosebuds of all types appear frequently--and researcher Gill Saunders provides fascinating comments on the historical language of flowers, providing a contextual framework to Robinson's poetry and pictures. You'll want to send a thank-you bouquet to this talented woman for the generous gift of her closing poem: "The fruits I have gathered of memory / the ripened harvest of my musings / these I give unto thee." --Jill Lightner. There are plenty of happier pages as well--seasonal celebrations, love poems, memories
Heidi said Stunning!. This book is stunning. I ordered it after loving the books from Edith Holden so very much. For it's gorgeous artwork and the accompanying writing, I absolutely rate it five stars. For anyone who loves a beautiful book with exquisite botanical illustrations you wi. "A beautiful and useful book" according to Draca610. Everything about this book is excellent--the printing, the color, the intelligent introduction and the brief commentaries to the illustrations describing the traditional meanings of flowers. The pictures are reproductions of the work of a Victorian lady who had s. A beautiful book and informative too. My daughter gave me this book for Mother's Day. She wanted it for herself but got it and knew I would love it. So I got her one she was so unselfish and gave what she liked to me. Knew it was a winner gift for her Birthday.
She has written on a variety of artistic subjects, and he publications include Recording Britain: A Pictorial Doomsday of Pre-war Britain and Picturing Plants: An Analytical History of Botanical Illustration.. Gill Saunders is a senior curator in the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Gill recently spent a year as a lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Sussex