{"product_id":"flowers-the-national-portrait-gallery-by-lea-viehweger","title":"Flowers by Lea Viehweger","description":"\u003cp\u003eA new series of small, exquisite hardbacks from London’s National Gallery, in which its unrivalled collection is explored through a variety of appealing themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany artists choose the subject of flowers in order to showcase their technical skills, or simply to celebrate the beauty of nature. But the history of flower painting is far older and richer than the depiction of still lifes: from the twelfth century, flowers such as lilies and irises appeared in devotional paintings as symbols of the Virgin Mary’s purity, and over time they have developed their own allegorical language. This book explores flowers in painting across centuries and genres through the lens of the National Gallery collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLea Viehweger\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis Curatorial Assistant for Late Medieval Art at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg. She is completing her dissertation on the meaning of plants in early modern northern European art at the University of Cambridge. Her fascination with painted flowers began at the National Gallery, where she was a Research Assistant for the German Paintings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sally Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718972051673,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/1697\/1925\/files\/9781857097504.jpg?v=1793096879","url":"https:\/\/www.heatoncooper.co.uk\/products\/flowers-the-national-portrait-gallery-by-lea-viehweger","provider":"Heaton Cooper Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}