Bouquets of Art: A Flower Dictionary from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Bouquets of Art: A Flower Dictionary from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Lauren Palmor's Bouquets of Art is a gorgeous compendium that illuminates the rich history of floriography through the lens of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's expansive collection.

This volume draws upon the rich history of the language of flowers in order to offer a new perspective through which to explore the permanent collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Featuring a sampling of floral imagery selected from across cultures, periods, and media, this guide builds on the methods of floriography as a means for navigating how the collection's expansive array of objects intersects with the rich histories of floral symbolism and communication.

Looking across the Fine Arts Museums' holdings of American art, works on paper, costume and textile arts, European painting, and...

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