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

Zusatztext Physically beautiful and emotionally transporting... To call The Paper Garden a biography is to sell it short...a sumptuous bounty of gorgeous words! striking mosaics and a spirit of joy. Informationen zum Autor Molly Peacock is the award-winning author of five volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush , and a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece . Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker , the Paris Review , and the Times Literary Supplement. A transplanted New Yorker, she lives in Toronto. Klappentext 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. Vorwort Peacock's exploration of the life of eighteenth century botanist, Mary Delany, is "[a] graceful meditation on botany, nature, life and age" ( NYTBR ). Zusammenfassung Peacock's exploration of the life of eighteenth century botanist, Mary Delany, is "[a] graceful meditation on botany, nature, life and age" (NYTBR).

About the author

Molly Peacock is the award-winning author of five volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush, and a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. A transplanted New Yorker, she lives in Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Peacock, Molly Peacock
• Publisher: Bloomsbury usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9781608196975
• ISBN: 978-1-60819-697-5
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 204 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: general, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Individual photographers, Individual artists, art monographs, Gender studies: women and girls, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Individual architects and architectural firms