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The Marvelous Herbarium: Notes on the Hidden Meaning of the Flowers of the Louvre.
OTHONIEL Jean-Michel.

The Marvelous Herbarium: Notes on the Hidden Meaning of the Flowers of the Louvre.

Actes Sud.
€37,00 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 28148
Format 13 x 21
Détails 208 p., illustrated, cloth bound.
Publication Paris, 2023
Etat Nine
ISBN 9782330120139
On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, Jean-Michel Othoniel was invited by the museum to create a book reflecting the importance of flowers in its eight departments. The artist has created a unique herbarium accompanied by notes he wrote on the secret language of flowers and their symbolism in ancient painting. He thus reveals their hidden meaning by recounting their stories and mythologies. This book is presented as an alphabet book that the artist has enriched throughout the rooms of the Louvre, where we find the thistle in Durer's self-portrait, the poppy in the funerary stele from Paros, the apple placed on the stool in Fragonard's lock, and the peony in the unfastened shirt of the young girl with a lake.
On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, Jean-Michel Othoniel was invited by the museum to create a book reflecting the importance of flowers in its eight departments. The artist has created a unique herbarium accompanied by notes he wrote on the secret language of flowers and their symbolism in ancient painting. He thus reveals their hidden meaning by recounting their stories and mythologies. This book is presented as an alphabet book that the artist has enriched throughout the rooms of the Louvre, where we find the thistle in Durer's self-portrait, the poppy in the funerary stele from Paros, the apple placed on the stool in Fragonard's lock, and the peony in the unfastened shirt of the young girl with a lake.