The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781608196975)

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.

Author: Molly Peacock
ISBN-10: 1608196976
ISBN-13: 9781608196975
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2012
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.09w x 1.23d