{"product_id":"the-paper-garden-an-artist-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781608196975","title":"The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Molly Peacock\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Artists, Architects, Photographers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eFlora Delanica\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087492636823,"sku":"9781608196975","price":1362.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781608196975.webp?v=1769202791","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-paper-garden-an-artist-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781608196975","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}