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Victorians Used Flowers to Send Secret Messages
Victorians elevated floriography to an art form and created bouquets to say things that could not be said aloud in polite society.
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Victorians elevated floriography to an art form and created bouquets to say things that could not be said aloud in polite society.
When people get a bouquet of flowers today, the first thing they generally reach for is a vase to put them in. In Victorian times, people reached for their floral dictionary to decipher what secret message the flowers were saying.
From the simple daisy to the complex dahlia, flowers of every type have captivated for thousands of years, and the symbolic language of flowers has been recognized for centuries in many countries throughout Europe and Asia. Mythologies, folklore, sonnets, and plays of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Chinese are peppered with flower and plant symbolism, and nearly every sentiment can be express
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Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe
30th June 2020.
The Civic is one of Barnsley’s best art spaces, and is definitely worth a visit. The Perfect Imperfects exhibition from up-and-coming artist Jasper Pedyo, with a major exhibition in his adopted hometown.
Jasper has already won the prestigious 2018 Free Range exhibition prize in London for his striking mixed media paintings which feature a bold use of binary colours on stretched and shaped canvases. The exhibition runs until July 17, and tickets should be booked in advance by visiting: https://www.barnsleycivic.co.uk/
Another fantastic attraction is Cannon Hall Museum Park and Gardens, which makes for a fantastic day out with its beautiful and plush gardens and fascinating rolling exhibitions.
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