Download or read book The Language of Flowers written by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Victorian language of flowers was used to convey romantic expressions: honeysuckle for devotion, asters for patience, and red roses for love. But for Victoria Jones, it’s been more useful in communicating mistrust and solitude. After a childhood spent in the foster-care system, she is unable to get close to anybody, and her only connection to the world is through flowers and their meanings. Now eighteen and emancipated from the system with nowhere to go, Victoria realizes she has a gift for helping others through the flowers she chooses for them. But an unexpected encounter with a mysterious stranger has her questioning what’s been missing in her life. And when she’s forced to confront a painful secret from her past, she must decide whether it’s worth risking everything for a second chance at happiness. Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more. Praise for The Language of Flowers "Instantly enchanting . . . [Diffenbaugh] is the best new writer of the year."—Elle “I would like to hand Vanessa Diffenbaugh a bouquet of bouvardia (enthusiasm), gladiolus (you pierce my heart) and lisianthus (appreciation). In this original and brilliant first novel, Diffenbaugh has united her fascination with the language of flowers—a long-forgotten and mysterious way of communication—with her firsthand knowledge of the travails of the foster-care system. . . . This novel is both enchanting and cruel, full of beauty and anger. Diffenbaugh is a talented writer and a mesmerizing storyteller. She includes a flower dictionary in case we want to use the language ourselves. And there is one more sprig I should add to her bouquet: a single pink carnation (I will never forget you).”—Washington Post "A fascinating debut . . . Diffenbaugh clearly knows both the human heart and her plants, and she keeps us rooting for the damaged Victoria."—O Magazine "Diffenbaugh effortlessly spins this enchanting tale, making even her prickly protagonist impossible not to love."—Entertainment Weekly

Download or read book Herbier merveilleux du Louvre written by Jean-Michel Othoniel and published by Actes Sud Editions. This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up to The Secret Language of Flowers: Notes on the Hidden Meanings of Flowers in Art . To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Louvre pyramid, Jean-Michel Othoniel was invited to create a work relating the importance of flowers in the Museum's eight art departments. The artist photographed the floral wealth concealed in the masterpieces of the Museum's painting, drawing, sculpture, embroidery and enamel collections. Using this, Othoniel composes his own original herbarium, accompanied with notes on the secret language of flowers and their symbolism in the history of art. Among the seventy details of flowers, you will find the thistle in Dürer's selfportrait, the poppy in the Paros funerary stele, the apple sitting on a stool in The Lock by Fragonard, or the peony attached to the unfastened blouse of the young woman in Greuze's Broken Pitcher. The work also introduces us to lesser-known details in works, offering a magnificent treasure hunt for visitors of the museum. Amid this vast prairie spangled with symbolic flowers, the artist asks this question: If there could be only one, which would be the Louvre's flower? A question to which the artist himself offers his own response.

Download or read book The Secret Language of Flowers written by Samantha Gray and published by CICO Books. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully-illustrated gift book reveals the hidden meanings of over 50 popular flowers. Did you know that the type of flowers you give can speak volumes? The Secret Language of Flowers is a fascinating insight into the Victorian tradition of using flowers to convey secret messages in a society where feelings often had to be suppressed. Samantha Gray reveals how over 50 blooms acquired their meanings in folklore and how they became the language of courtship, love, friendship, beauty, and more—discover how lily of the valley symbolizes the return of happiness, how bluebells stand for constancy and everlasting love, and how daffodils represent high regard and chivalry. With stunning illustrations by artist Sarah Perkins that capture all of the beauty of flowers, this is an exceptionally lovely and fascinating gift book.

Download or read book The Secret Language of Flowers written by Minerva Pendleton and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comhghall Harrington is a bookseller who is infatuated with his regular customer, Lady Laure Charmante. Due to their radically different social stations as well as Laure’s marital status, Comhghall and Laure can never, ever be together. However, Lady Laure Charmante is no stranger to razing decorum or soliciting vice. Her passions for Comhghall run deep, and she very much wants to pursue a physical and intellectual relationship with him at all costs. To this end, she purchases a series of texts from him regarding floriography, the secret language of flowers, in an attempt to seduce him. However, when a plague strikes the land, the two of them are separated and must communicate through writen and floral messages only. Lady Laure Charmante opens herself to him completely, admitting a deep longing for him by way of a floral bouquet. When he responds in kind, she invites him to her annual Halloween salon, hoping to make good on her proposal. When he responds in the affirmative, she is thrilled, but however will she get the poor man from Hibernia to drop his guard and his social pretenses and give into the lust that she knows he feels for her?

Download or read book The Secret Language of Flowers written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the uses and symbolic meanings of flowers over the centuries and across the globe. Flowers have been depicted as objects of beauty and wonder in countless paintings and poems, exchanged as tokens of love and affection, and displayed as symbols of both celebration and remembrance – “saying it with flowers” is truly part of the human experience. But how does the significance of flowers vary across cultures and at different points in history? And what makes certain flowers special? The Secret Language of Flowers explores the meaning of more than 85 flowers, tracing their history as symbols and charting their role in folklore and mythology around the world. This fascinating book on flowers can help you to: - Unlock the meaning of flowers throughout history – from early peoples to the 19th century. - Discover the Victorian language of flowers popular in the US, UK, and Europe. - Gain insight into folklore and mythology in relation to different flowers. - Uncover what flowers mean in various cultures around the world. - Uncover traditional medicinal uses of plants, such as aloe, which is used to treat burns. Uncover the rich and fascinating histories of individual flowers – the sunflower, for example, which was regarded by the Aztecs as a symbol of war, but became a symbol of devotion in 19th-century painting due to the fact that it “turns its head” to follow the sun. Learn about the function of flowers in society, from the practical to the playful – flowers have been used as remedies and tonics – tea tree and coneflower (or echinacea), for example – as well as as a means of sending cryptic messages to lovers and friends. The Secret Language of Flowers is an entertaining guide to the rich stories that lie beyond the seductive aromas and dazzling beauty of flowers of all kinds. Each flower featured throughout the book is arranged by season, from the first snowdrops and primroses of spring, the glorious roses of summer, the stunning fuchsias and dahlias of autumn to the holly and poinsettia of the winter months, there’s a flower for everyone to fall in love with. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery: So why stop there? If you like The Secret Language of Flowers, then why not try Great Loves which celebrates some of the most famous romances in history, or Lost Masterpieces to discover extraordinary stories behind the world's missing works of art.

Download or read book The Secret Language of Flowers written by Shane Connolly and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details over fifty arrangements for every situation or to express any emotion.

Download or read book The Language of Flowers Or Floral Emblems of Thoughts Feelings and Sentiments written by Robert Tyas and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Language of Flowers and Floral Conversation written by Charles W. Seelye and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Language of Flowers written by Miss Ildrewe and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Language of Flowers written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetical lists of flowers and the meaning associated with them.

Download or read book The Language of Flowers written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Poetical Language of Flowers Or The Pilgrimage of Love written by Thomas Miller and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers With Illustrations written by J. H. S. and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Language of Flowers with a Complete Vocabulary and a Selection of Quotations from the English Poets Etc written by Language and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lover s Language of Flowers Expressive of the Sentiments of the Heart with Floral Poetry Letters c By a Lover of Flowers written by and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Voices from the Garden Or the Christian Language of Flowers written by Samuel William Partridge and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Art of Flowers written by Jack Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fine overview of floral art and artists of the 18th and 19th centuries.overs the "golden age" of botanical art (c. 1820-60); the language oflowers; artist explanations of how to draw flowers; and a gallery ofotanical artists. Virtually every gilt-edged page is fully decorated witheautiful color illustrations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.