Botanical revolutions: how plants changed the course of art

Abstract

"This lush volume unearths plants' representation in and impact on art, advocating for the botanical world's rightful place in art history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction: Creative germinations -- Becoming plant -- Plant matter and the edge of knowledge -- Words and images : a botanical alliance -- Colonial roots and symbolic blooms -- Shaping our world : botanical designs -- Exposing vegetality : form, movement, essence -- Modern plants : from object to subject and beyond.