Language of flowers

Cover title: The language and poetry of flowers

xv, 192 pages, [8] leaves of plates : 17 cm

23 volumes : 24-31 cm

Follow French artists Jean-Michel Othoniel on a floral tour of the Louvre in The Secret Language of Flowers. This fascinating pocket herbarium explores the symbolism of seventy flowers concealed within the masterpieces of the museum’s painting, drawing, sculpture, embroidery and enamel collections. From the unmistakable thistles in Albrecht Dürer’s self-portrait to a small yet significant bleeding heart in a 14th century tapestry, each featured bloom is captured in both a photograph and a…

The language of flowers, or floriography, was in vogue throughout the 19th century.