Take a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history.

Featuring large-scale images and accessible texts Flower offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject and includes both much-loved works together with examples that may prove more surprising discoveries, even for specialists. Published by Doring Kindersley, this book celebrates the loveliest flowers for the home, with beautiful close-up photography that reveals the flowers’ intricate colours, shapes, and textures. Scientific botanical illustration flowered in the Renaissance, thrived in the eighteenth century and declined in the nineteenth century with the rise of photography. Flower takes its readers on a different journey – but a voyage nonetheless – across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and designers throughout history, from ancient Egypt to the modern day in New York, have depicted flowers and floral motifs. There, she and her partner Ashley grow seasonal flowers that she arranges for weddings and special events.

Based on Lindsey Taylor's popular Wall Street Journal column, Flower School, on its surface this book demonstrates how Taylor creates stunning but achievable floral arrangements inspired by works of art. In these sections, one can find stories and drawings regarding Snowdrops, Violets, Daffodils, Primroses, Buttercups, Bluebells, Honeysuckle, Tulips, Roses, Iris, Nasturtium, and many more. Featuring unique images rarely seen outside of specialist literature this book reveals the fascinating stories behind these remarkable illustrations. All distributable profits from the RSPB's wholly owned subsidiary RSPB Sales Limited (registered office: The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, registered in England under company registration no.

But it remains ‘art with a scientific purpose: to record, display and convey scientific data about plants’, argues Stephen Harris, curator of Oxford University Herbaria, UK. The Beauty of the Flower will delight plant-lovers and scholars alike with its magnificent illustrations and captivating account of the history of botanical study. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Flower Book spotlights 30 sample floral arrangements that show how to design and build custom floral arrangements using featured blooms. Find everything you need in our wool and haberdashery sections, and check out our seasonal wool bundles if you're looking to make more than one. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleon’s wife Josephine, he was dubbed “ the Raphael of flowers,” and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration. Forgotten Flowers is an evocative collection of found vintage photographs of blooming moments curated by Anja Charbonneau.