在这本令人叹为观止的书籍中，插图丰富的章节探讨了不同艺术家画花的手法。杰出的威尼斯画家，从费尔迪南德•乔治•瓦尔特米勒到古斯塔夫•克林姆特，通过豪华的花卉作品测试了他们的技能。读者们将了解到这个时期中的画家们在从规范技术解脱出来的过程中，对花的描绘是如何反映油画风格的演变的，那些被绘画学院拒之门外的女性们是如何转为把花当作一种表达和解放方式，以及现代画家们进入是如何被过去的花卉杰作所影响的。其它章节特别探究了向日葵的角色和彼得麦时期的东方主义的角色，同时，关于瓷器绘画和植物学的简短文章提供了另外的角度。

With radiant color and lavish detail, this collection of 19th and early 20th-century Viennese floral paintings tells a captivating story of artistic transformation.

In this breathtaking book, richly illustrated chapters explore different artists' takes on floral paintings. Outstanding Viennese artists, from Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller to Gustav Klimt, tested their skills by painting opulent floral works. Readers will learn how the depiction of flowers in this period echoed the evolution of painting styles as artists liberated themselves from formal techniques, how women, excluded from painting academies, turned to flowers as a means of expression and emancipation, and how modern artists are influenced today by floral masterpieces of the past. Additional chapters examine the role of the sunflower in particular and the role of orientalism in the Biedermeier period, while brief essays on porcelain painting and botany provide additional perspectives. Generously illustrated, this wide-ranging and informative history offers a veritable bounty of floral delights.