The Graphic Flower: Ray Flowers and Roses in American Art and Culture

by Irwin Richman and Michael B. Emery

America's favorite flora are the homey ray flowers, a tribe featuring daisies, sunflowers, chrysanthemums, dahlias, coneflowers, and black-eyed Susans, combined with the elegant, multifaceted rose. Children pick ray flowers for their prepubescent crush or for their mom; when they get older, they graduate to the rose, a more sophisticated choice. Both high culture and pop culture embrace floral imagery; think of Annie Liebovitz's famous nude photograph...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764357263
• ISBN13: 9780764357268
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 11.0"