Poppy
By: Andrew Lack
Series: Reaktion's botanical series; Botanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781780236537
Subjects: History; Flowers in art; Utilization; Poppies; Plants in art; Plants and civilization
Description: In Poppy Andrew Lack explores all aspects of one of our most familiar but declining flowers, combining history and biology with symbolic associations and connections with the arts. --Wheelers.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a poppy?; title: The poppy family; title: The colour; title: The life cycle of the poppy; title: The poppy as a symbol of agriculture; title: The poppy as a symbol of war and remembrance; title: Opium; title: Other uses and associations; title: Timeline.