1Lecture 40Flowers and Fruits In PaintingThe concept that plants are beautiful objects in their own right have led to their widespread use as objects of artistic expression. In this illustrated lecture we shall compare the use of plants, by artists from antiquity to the 20th century. Pictures of fl owers and fruits in paintings will be stressed.2Lecture 40Plants, Flowers and Fruits in ArtTomb of Osiris with sacred tamarisk. Source: Gothein 1966, p. 30.Primitive drawings of trees, Assyria. Source: Gothein 1966, p 30.Paleolithic rep-resentation of plant.Pre-dynastic drawing of plant 5000–6000 years ago.Garden painting, Pompeii. Painting of peaches, Pompeii.PrehistoricAncient EgyptianRoman AntiquityGarden estate of a wealthy Egyptian. Source: Berrall, 1966.3Lecture 40Summer (Por-trait of Rudolph II)SpringAutumnWinterJoseffi Arcimboldo, 16th centuryRenaissance4Lecture 40Jacob van Walscappelle, Flowers in Glass Vase.Flemish fl ower painting. Flemish fl ower painting.Paulus Theodorus van Brussel, Fruit and Flow-ers.Flemish Flower Paintings5Lecture 40Olive trees. Iris.Cypris and wheat.Sunfl ower.Iris.Vincent Van GoghPear tree in blossom.19th Century Impressionists6Lecture 40Tiffany window, Iris.Paul Cezanne, peaches.Claude Monet, water lilies. Sunfl ower.19th Century ImpressionistsPaul Cezanne, peaches and pears.Paul Gauguin, apples and pears, 1889.19th Century Japanese Japanese infl uence in America7Lecture 40Jack in the Pulpit PansyApple blossomPoppy Sunfl owerJimson weed PetuniaCalla lilyGeorgia O’Keeffe,
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