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Flowers can talk. Red roses say ‘I love you’, white lilies offer condolence and poppies invite us to remember. For thousands of years, humans have used flowers as a language, a short-hand for emotions and meanings. In her new book, Sally Coulthard, takes a fascinating look at floriography and shows how we still use this secret language across the world. She delves into the meanings of flowers and where they came from, whether it’s ancient mythology or hedgerow folklore. Covering 50 well-loved flowers and plants, from peonies to sweetpeas, ivy to irises, Floriography is a beautifully illustrated guide that will take the reader on an intriguing journey through the history, legend, anthropology and literature of flowers, showing how modern-day society still relies on the meaning of flowers. From the Chinese lotus flower to the Celtic bluebell, the myth, magic and language of flowers is still blossoming today. From the Publisher
The buttercups, the little children’s dower, – Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower!
ROBERT BROWNING: HOME-THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD (1845)
In the hope of living in a studio of our own with Gauguin, I’d like to do a decoration for the studio. Nothing but large sunflowers.
LETTER FROM VINCENT VAN GOGH TO THEO VAN GOGH (1888)
Her eyes, like marigolds, had sheath’d their light And, canopied in darkness, sweetly lay, Till they might open to adorn the day.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: LUCRECE (1594)
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.
WALT WHITMAN: ‘WHEN LILACS LAST IN THE DOORYARD BLOOM’D’ (1865)
There sprang the violet all new, And freshe pervinke rich of hew, And floures yellow, white, and rede, Such plenty grew there never in mede
GEOFFREY CHAUCER: TROILUS AND CRISEYDE (14TH CENTURY)
Wisteria blossom in clusters Lovely coloured and long Intending to cherish him I bought sake
And offered it to him Embracing my beloved Just as the wisteria Twines around the pine
KATSUI GENPACHI: THE WISTERIA MAIDEN (1826)
Publisher : Quadrille Publishing (March 9, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 144 pages
ISBN-10 : 1787135314
ISBN-13 : 978-1787135314
Item Weight : 13.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5.65 x 0.85 x 7.55 inches
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