Strange Bright Blooms

Name: Strange Bright Blooms
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SKU: 9781789144017
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A History of Cut Flowers

By Randy Malamud

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In Strange Bright Blooms, Randy Malamud explores the historical and cultural significance of flowers throughout human history. The book delves into how flowers have been used in art, rituals, and communication across different societies, highlighting their beauty and symbolic power in various contexts.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of aesthetics and human history, exploring the vibrant role flowers have played in our cultural and symbolic landscapes. This book may appeal to those interested in understanding how blooms have been woven into the fabric of historical events, art, and military symbolism, offering a unique perspective on the influence of nature in shaping human narratives.

A fragrant, unpredictable ramble through the world of cut flowers.

Description

Virginia Woolf's novel famously begins: 'Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.' Of course she would: why would anyone surrender the best part of the day to someone else? Flowers grace our lives at moments of celebration and despair. 'We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them,' writes Kakuzo Okakura. Flowers brighten our homes, our parties, and our rituals with incomparable notes of natural beauty, but the 'nature' in these displays is tamed and conscribed.

Strange Bright Blooms analyses the transplanted nature of cut flowers—our relationship with them and the careful curation of their very existence.

It is a picaresque, unpredictable ramble through the world of flowers, encompassing paintings, murals, fashion, and public art, glass flowers, pressed flowers, flowery church hats, weaponised flowers, deconstructed flowers, flower power... and much more.

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Strange Bright Blooms is an intriguing exploration of how flowers interact with human culture, transcending their beauty to address themes of art, politics, and societal issues. Through various historical and contemporary references, the book illustrates how blooms serve as symbols in contexts from warfare to peaceful revolutions. It offers a fresh perspective on flowers, emphasising their profound impact beyond mere decoration.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789144017

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 August 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Reaktion Books

Illustration: 110 illustrations, 90 in colour

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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Arts and Crafts History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Plants Randy Malamud

About the Author

Randy Malamud, Regents' Professor of English at Georgia State University, has written eleven books including Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity, The Importance of Elsewhere: The Globalist Humanist Tourist, and Email.