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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72

The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72

Peacock, Molly

Paperback

ArtistsBiographies GeneralHistorical Figures

Publisher Price: $28.00

ISBN10: 1608196976
ISBN13: 9781608196975
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: May 1 2012
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.23 Width: 5.09 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the Flora Delanica. As she tracks the extraordinary life of Delany-friend of George Frideric Handel and Jonathan Swift-internationally acclaimed poet Molly Peacock weaves in delicate parallels in her own life and, in doing so, creates a profound and beautiful examination of the nature of creativity and art. This gorgeously designed book, featuring thirty-five full-color illustrations, is to be devoured as voraciously as one of the court dinners it describes.

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