ISBN号:9781468308174
书名:Seven Flowers and how they shaped our world
作者:Jennifer Potter
出版日期:出版日期信息缺失
英文简介:
But what is the nature of their power and how did it develop? Why have these particular plants become the focus of gardens, literature, art–even billion dollar industries? The answers to these questions and more are what drove journalist and author Jennifer Potter to write Seven Flowers.
Drawing on sources both ancient and modern, and featuring lush full-color illustrations and gorgeous line art throughout, Potter examines our changing relationship with these potent plants and the effects they had on civilizations through the ages.
The opium poppy, for example, returned to haunt its progenitors in the West, becoming the source of an enormously profitable drug trade in Asia.
In the seventeenth century, the irrational exuberance of the Dutch for rare tulips led to a nationwide financial collapse.
Potter also explores how different cultures came to view the same flowers in totally different lights.
While Confucius saw virtue and modesty in his native orchids, the ancient Greeks saw only lust and sex.
In the eye of each beholder, these are flowers of life and death; of purity and passion; of greed, envy and virtue; of hope and consolation; of the beauty that drives men wild.
All seven demonstrate the enduring ability of flowers to speak metaphorically–if we could only decode what they have to say.
中文简介:
但他们的权力本质是什么？它是如何发展的？为什么这些特殊的植物成为园林、文学、艺术乃至价值数十亿美元的产业的焦点？这些问题以及更多问题的答案促使记者兼作家詹妮弗·波特写下了《七朵花》。
波特借鉴了古代和现代的资料，并以丰富的全彩插图和华丽的线条艺术为特色，审视了我们与这些有效植物不断变化的关系，以及它们对各个时代文明的影响。
例如，罂粟重新困扰着西方的祖先，成为亚洲利润丰厚的毒品贸易的来源。
十七世纪，荷兰人对稀有郁金香的非理性繁荣导致了全国性的金融崩溃。
波特还探讨了不同文化如何以完全不同的角度看待相同的花朵。
孔子在家乡的兰花中看到了美德和谦虚，而古希腊人只看到了情欲和性。
在每个旁观者眼中，这些都是生与死的花朵；纯洁和热情；贪婪、嫉妒和美德；希望和安慰；使男人疯狂的美丽。
这七种花都展示了花朵具有隐喻性说话的持久能力——如果我们能够解读它们所说的内容的话。
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