The Paper Garden

An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72

Molly Peacock, Peacock, Molly Alan Alan

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English

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
24 April 2012

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Collage & photomontage; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

In 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the Flora Delanica. As she tracks the extraordinary life of Delany-friend of George Frideric Handel and Jonathan Swift-internationally acclaimed poet Molly Peacock weaves in delicate parallels in her own life and, in doing so, creates a profound and beautiful examination of the nature of creativity and art. This gorgeously designed book, featuring thirty-five full-color illustrations, is to be devoured as voraciously as one of the court dinners it describes.

By: Molly Peacock, Peacock, Molly Alan Alan
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 625g
ISBN: 9781608196975
ISBN 10: 1608196976
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 24 April 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Molly Peacockis the award-winning author of five volumes of poetry, including The Second Blush, and a memoir, Paradise, Piece by Piece. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, and the Times Literary Supplement. A transplanted New Yorker, she lives in Toronto.

Reviews for The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72

"[A] graceful meditation on botany, nature, life and age...Delaney's story abounds with energy as Peacock brings her alive. Like her glorious multilayered collages, Delany is so vivid a character she almost jumps from the page.""-New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review A beautifully designed, eye-catching book...[The Paper Garden] is a celebration of second chances and the possibility -so attractive to those of a certain age - of an unexpected blossoming late in life... Washington Post This book layers Delany's life and work over Peacock's. It is organized by flower - forget-me-not, thistle, poppy, etc., each a metaphor for a different phase in Delany's life...the book itself is a complicated, delicate and beautiful collage. Los Angeles Times Possessed of a discerning eye, Peacock...lavishes attention on Mary's life, both social and artistic, drenching us in vivid, sensory language as if we were adrift in champagne. Cleveland Plain Dealer Physically beautiful and emotionally transporting... To call The Paper Garden a biography is to sell it short...a sumptuous bounty of gorgeous words, striking mosaics and a spirit of joy. Chicago Tribune"