Description
| Product ID: | 9781608196975 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Paper Garden |
| Subtitle: | An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 |
| Authors: | Author: Molly Peacock |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Other graphic or visual art forms, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts and entertainment, Collage & photomontage, Individual artists, art monographs, Biography: arts & entertainment, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Peacock''s exploration of the life of eighteenth century botanist, Mary Delany, is "[a] graceful meditation on botany, nature, life and age" (NYTBR). In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the Flora Delanica. As she tracks the extraordinary life of Delany-friend of George Frideric Handel and Jonathan Swift-internationally acclaimed poet Molly Peacock weaves in delicate parallels in her own life and, in doing so, creates a profound and beautiful examination of the nature of creativity and art. This gorgeously designed book, featuring thirty-five full-color illustrations, is to be devoured as voraciously as one of the court dinners it describes. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-08-11 |