Bouquets of Art: A Flower Dictionary

$14.99 at de Young Museum.

Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, this volume by Lauren Palmor, Associate Curator of American Art draws upon the rich history of the language of flowers in order to offer a new perspective through which to explore the permanent collection of the de Young and Legion of Honor. Featuring a sampling of floral imagery selected from across cultures, periods, and media, this guide builds on the methods of floriography as a means for navigating how the collection’s expansive array of objects…