In the Embrace of Flowers. Masterpieces of Botanical Painting

Flowers can momentarily stop time: they make you look closely at the shade and shape of a petal, notice the play of light and the breeze — feel the beauty of the most ordinary moment. This book collects floral still lifes by artists of the 17th to 20th centuries and lines about flowers, spring, and nature — by Afanasy Fet, Alexander Blok, Sergey Yesenin, Nikolai Gumilev, Heinrich Heine, William Shakespeare, and other poets and writers. This small album invites leisurely contemplation and will make a wonderful gift for oneself or for someone with whom you want to share beauty.