{"product_id":"by-any-other-name-a-cultural-history-of-the-rose-9780861540525","title":"By Any Other Name: A Cultural History of the Rose","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated history of the Queen of Flowers and her enduring power in our gardens, art, religion and imagination.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating... I'll never look at a rose in quite the same way again.' Adrian Tinniswood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rose is bursting with meaning. Over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has become one of the most adored flowers across cultures, no longer selected by nature, but by us. The rose is well-versed at enchanting human hearts. From Shakespeare's sonnets to Bulgaria's Rose Valley to the thriving rose trade in Africa and the Far East, via museums, high fashion, Victorian England and Belle Epoque France, we meet an astonishing array of species and hybrids of remarkably different provenance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a hardy, thorny flower and how, by beauty and charm, it came to seduce the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Fascinating material, surveyed with relish and acumen.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Morley's book is, in part, the story of how humans came to raise roses so consistently and abundantly that we demand them even in freezing February. First, though, \u003ci\u003eBy Any Other Name\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the love affair with a flower that drove us to want to do that in the first place.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'An intellectual and artistic journey... digging around the history of how roses have become entangled with human life. By Any Other Name will be a source of inspiration for us.' \u003cb\u003eKim Wook-Kyun, President of the South Korea Rose Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Morley\u003c\/b\u003e is a British artist and art historian. He is the author of several books and catalogue essays on modern and contemporary art, and his art reviews and essays have been published in numerous magazines and journals, including the \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eModern Painters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTate Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eon Sunday, World Art and Third Text.\u003c\/i\u003e Previously a lecturer at the Sotheby's Institute and at Winchester School of Art, he is now Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Dankook University, Republic of Korea. He is also a keen rose gardener\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ONEWorld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50380519375122,"sku":"9780861540525","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85a961f1-583e-4d83-9aaa-450411eccd65.jpg?v=1728683557","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/by-any-other-name-a-cultural-history-of-the-rose-9780861540525","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}