By Any Other Name
A Cultural History of the Rose
'Fascinating...I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian Tinniswood The rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments. Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has become one of the most adored flowers across cultures, no longer selected by nature, but by us. The rose is well-versed at enchanting human hearts. From Shakespeare's sonnets to Bulgaria's Rose Valley to the thrivin…
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- ISBN: 978-0-86154-052-5
- EAN: 9780861540525
- Produktnummer: 35802992
- Verlag: Oneworld Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H16.2 cm x B24.1 cm x D3.8 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
- Sonstiges: Further/Higher Education
Über den Autor
Simon Morley is a British artist and art historian. He is the author of several books and catalogue essays on modern and contemporary art, and his art reviews and essays have been published in numerous magazines and journals, including the TLS, Modern Painters, Tate Magazine, the Independent on Sunday, World Art and Third Text. Previously a lecturer at the Sotheby's Institute and at Winchester School of Art, he is now Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Dankook University, Republic of Korea. He is also a keen rose gardener.
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