Author: Harry Berger
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823233138
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
It is rapacitas. Caterpillage also explores the impact of this message on the meaning of the genre's French name. We use the conventional term nature morte ("dead nature") without giving any thought to how misleading it is. Because so many portraits of still in bloom, are dying, it would be more accurate to name the genre nature mourant. The subjects of still life are plants that are still living, plants that are dying but not yet dead. --Book Jacket.
Flora's Empire
Author: Eugenia W. Herbert
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812205057
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Like their penchant for clubs, cricket, and hunting, the planting of English gardens by the British in India reflected an understandable need on the part of expatriates to replicate home as much as possible in an alien environment. In Flora's Empire, Eugenia W. Herbert argues that more than simple nostalgia or homesickness lay at the root of this "garden imperialism," however. Drawing on a wealth of period illustrations and personal accounts, many of them little known, she traces the significance of gardens in the long history of British relations with the subcontinent. To British eyes, she demonstrates, India was an untamed land that needed the visible stamp of civilization that gardens in their many guises could convey. Colonial gardens changed over time, from the "garden houses" of eighteenth-century nabobs modeled on English country estates to the herbaceous borders, gravel walks, and well-trimmed lawns of Victorian civil servants. As the British extended their rule, they found that hill stations like Simla offered an ideal retreat from the unbearable heat of the plains and a place to coax English flowers into bloom. Furthermore, India was part of the global network of botanical exploration and collecting that gathered up the world's plants for transport to great imperial centers such as Kew. And it is through colonial gardens that one may track the evolution of imperial ideas of governance. Every Government House and Residency was carefully landscaped to reflect current ideals of an ordered society. At Independence in 1947 the British left behind a lasting legacy in their gardens, one still reflected in the design of parks and information technology campuses and in the horticultural practices of home gardeners who continue to send away to England for seeds.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812205057
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
Like their penchant for clubs, cricket, and hunting, the planting of English gardens by the British in India reflected an understandable need on the part of expatriates to replicate home as much as possible in an alien environment. In Flora's Empire, Eugenia W. Herbert argues that more than simple nostalgia or homesickness lay at the root of this "garden imperialism," however. Drawing on a wealth of period illustrations and personal accounts, many of them little known, she traces the significance of gardens in the long history of British relations with the subcontinent. To British eyes, she demonstrates, India was an untamed land that needed the visible stamp of civilization that gardens in their many guises could convey. Colonial gardens changed over time, from the "garden houses" of eighteenth-century nabobs modeled on English country estates to the herbaceous borders, gravel walks, and well-trimmed lawns of Victorian civil servants. As the British extended their rule, they found that hill stations like Simla offered an ideal retreat from the unbearable heat of the plains and a place to coax English flowers into bloom. Furthermore, India was part of the global network of botanical exploration and collecting that gathered up the world's plants for transport to great imperial centers such as Kew. And it is through colonial gardens that one may track the evolution of imperial ideas of governance. Every Government House and Residency was carefully landscaped to reflect current ideals of an ordered society. At Independence in 1947 the British left behind a lasting legacy in their gardens, one still reflected in the design of parks and information technology campuses and in the horticultural practices of home gardeners who continue to send away to England for seeds.
Caterpillage
Author: Harry Berger
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823233138
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
It is rapacitas. Caterpillage also explores the impact of this message on the meaning of the genre's French name. We use the conventional term nature morte ("dead nature") without giving any thought to how misleading it is. Because so many portraits of still in bloom, are dying, it would be more accurate to name the genre nature mourant. The subjects of still life are plants that are still living, plants that are dying but not yet dead. --Book Jacket.
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823233138
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
It is rapacitas. Caterpillage also explores the impact of this message on the meaning of the genre's French name. We use the conventional term nature morte ("dead nature") without giving any thought to how misleading it is. Because so many portraits of still in bloom, are dying, it would be more accurate to name the genre nature mourant. The subjects of still life are plants that are still living, plants that are dying but not yet dead. --Book Jacket.
Flora's Banquet
Author: J. TISDALL
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Flora's Money
Author:
Publisher: Tobey Arts
ISBN: 9780974042831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher: Tobey Arts
ISBN: 9780974042831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Flora's Vagaries
Author: Richard Rhodes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Temptations of Flora
Author: Sam Segal
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This Amsterdam artist is one of the most important painters of fruit and flowers of all time, and this book focuses on his life, family and background.
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
This Amsterdam artist is one of the most important painters of fruit and flowers of all time, and this book focuses on his life, family and background.
Chance
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: LP
ISBN: 3989885944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A new edition of Conrad's classic novel Chance with a new introduction and reference materials including Character list, timeline and discussion questions. Conrad’s 1913 novel exploring themes of fate, morality, and human nature. The story follows Flora de Barral, an orphan taken in by a wealthy family and her struggle for independence as she navigates through the complex alliances and expectations of Victorian England. Rich with vivid descriptions and psychological complexity, Chance invites readers to experience the inner turmoil of its characters and consider the power of morality and fate.
Publisher: LP
ISBN: 3989885944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
A new edition of Conrad's classic novel Chance with a new introduction and reference materials including Character list, timeline and discussion questions. Conrad’s 1913 novel exploring themes of fate, morality, and human nature. The story follows Flora de Barral, an orphan taken in by a wealthy family and her struggle for independence as she navigates through the complex alliances and expectations of Victorian England. Rich with vivid descriptions and psychological complexity, Chance invites readers to experience the inner turmoil of its characters and consider the power of morality and fate.
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East
Author: Carolyn Summers
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813549329
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Gardeners, with all good fortune and flora, are endowed with love for a hobby that has profound potential for positive change. The beautifully illustrated Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East approaches landscape design from an ecological perspective, encouraging professional horticulturalists and backyard enthusiasts alike to intensify their use of indigenous or native plants. These plants, ones that grow naturally in the same place in which they evolved, form the basis of the food web. Wildlife simply cannot continue to survive without them-nor can we. Why indigenous plants, you may ask? What makes them so special to butterflies and bees and boys and girls? For Carolyn Summers, the answer is as natural as an ephemeral spring wildflower or berries of the gray dogwood, "As I studied indigenous plants, a strange thing happened. The plants grew on me. I began to love the plants themselves for their own unique qualities, quite apart from their usefulness in providing food and shelter for wildlife. Emphasizing the importance of indigenous plant gardening and landscape design, Summers provides guidelines for skilled sowers and budding bloomers. She highlights . . . The best ways to use exotic and non-indigenous plants responsibly Easy-to-follow strategies for hosting wildlife in fields, forests, and gardens Designs for traditional gardens using native trees, shrubs, groundcovers as substitutes for exotic plants Examples of flourishing plant communities from freshwater streams to open meadows How to control plant reproduction, choose cultivars, open-pollinated indigenous plants, and different types of hybrids, and practice “safe sex in the garden From Maine to Kentucky and up and down the East Coast, Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East lays the "gardenwork" for protecting natural areas through the thoughtful planting of indigenous plants. Finally we can bask in the knowledge that it is possible to have loads of fun at the same time we are growing a better world.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813549329
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Gardeners, with all good fortune and flora, are endowed with love for a hobby that has profound potential for positive change. The beautifully illustrated Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East approaches landscape design from an ecological perspective, encouraging professional horticulturalists and backyard enthusiasts alike to intensify their use of indigenous or native plants. These plants, ones that grow naturally in the same place in which they evolved, form the basis of the food web. Wildlife simply cannot continue to survive without them-nor can we. Why indigenous plants, you may ask? What makes them so special to butterflies and bees and boys and girls? For Carolyn Summers, the answer is as natural as an ephemeral spring wildflower or berries of the gray dogwood, "As I studied indigenous plants, a strange thing happened. The plants grew on me. I began to love the plants themselves for their own unique qualities, quite apart from their usefulness in providing food and shelter for wildlife. Emphasizing the importance of indigenous plant gardening and landscape design, Summers provides guidelines for skilled sowers and budding bloomers. She highlights . . . The best ways to use exotic and non-indigenous plants responsibly Easy-to-follow strategies for hosting wildlife in fields, forests, and gardens Designs for traditional gardens using native trees, shrubs, groundcovers as substitutes for exotic plants Examples of flourishing plant communities from freshwater streams to open meadows How to control plant reproduction, choose cultivars, open-pollinated indigenous plants, and different types of hybrids, and practice “safe sex in the garden From Maine to Kentucky and up and down the East Coast, Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East lays the "gardenwork" for protecting natural areas through the thoughtful planting of indigenous plants. Finally we can bask in the knowledge that it is possible to have loads of fun at the same time we are growing a better world.
Life
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Flora's Vagaries; a comedy in five acts and in prose. By R. Rhodes
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description