The Paper Garden : An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1608196976
ISBN-13
9781608196975
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Bloomsbury Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 11th, 2016
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
628 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 20.30 x 3.30 cms
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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.
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