Yet her subject matter also draws from a specific moment in 19th-century Victorian flower painting. The depth of Bickmore’s rebellion only becomes clear if one unpacks her particular allusions ...

here’s an index of the Victorian Flower Code. The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy British Art and Design continues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Avenue, Upper East Side, Manhattan ...

Through the art of floriography ... codes and connections is explored in An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Language of Flowers by floriography expert Jessica Roux. Symbols of all kinds ...

As we think about flower decorations for the holidays, it is interesting to think about the lavish scale of floral art in homes of the landed gentry during the Victorian period in England.

During the Victorian era, floriography, or the language of flowers, became a popular way to express emotions. Different flowers held specific meanings, allowing people to send coded messages ...

The flowers were often finished by dipping or painting wax on each petal ... Spectacular Paper Arrangements—is fascinated by these Victorian flower crafts, but she typically takes a more ...

whose flower paintings were reproduced on millions of greetings cards, is going under the hammer. Williams, who lived and worked in Hove in the former home of Victorian artist Charles Burleigh ...

According to a new novel, whose central character revives the Victorian trend for ... becomes absorbed by the 19th-century art of communicating through flowers and plants to soothe the pain ...

The item discovered is a long-lost painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, considered one of the most significant artists of the Victorian period. The show’s pictures expert, Rupert Maas ...

After years of Art Deco dominance, pieces with symbols such as flowers, insects ... The gold locket was a mourning jewel from the Victorian era that belonged to Ms. Fein-Hughes’s maternal ...