| Jean-Michel Othoniel: The Secret Language of Flowers: Notes on the Hidden Meanings of Flowers in Art Contributor(s): Othoniel, Jean-Michel (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 2330048122 ISBN-13: 9782330048129 Publisher: Actes Sud OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent - Art | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An intimate herbarium of flowers in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum During his 2012 residency at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 1964) delved into the archives of the magnificent garden that Isabella Stewart Gardner, the first American woman to graduate with a degree in horticulture, cultivated around her residence. Othoniel examined the museum (where nothing has been moved since its owners died) and photographed the flowers in the tapestries, ironwork, architecture, furnishings and paintings, in such masterpieces as van Dyck's Portrait of a Woman with its innocuous rose, Piermatteo d'Amelia's Annunciation with its majestic lily and Bartolom Bermejo's Saint Engracia with its enigmatic palm. This giftworthy volume presents his art-historical ABC of these flowers, from Acanthus to Zea Mays. |
