Review

Blooms and Brushstrokes does not do justice to the rich history of flowers in Australian art

By Sasha Grishin
August 3 2019 - 12:00am
Detail from the cover image of Blooms and Brushstrokes. Picture: Supplied
Detail from the cover image of Blooms and Brushstrokes. Picture: Supplied

When Mirella Levi d'Ancona's The garden of the Renaissance: botanical symbolism in Italian painting was published over 40 years ago, it was an important revelation in that it gave new and frequently symbolic meaning to the little tucked away flowers in paintings by artists such as Botticelli and Piero della Francesca.

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