Edvard Koinberg: Herbarium Amoris Floral Romance
Frangsmyr Tore, Mankell Henning
The notion of plant sexuality was initiated by Swedish botanist and physician Carl Linnaeus. Working with his collection of over 20,000 specimens, Linnaeus grouped flowers and plants in a Calendarium Florae, and systematically classified plant species by the number and arrangement of their reproductive parts, drawing direct parallels with human sexual organs. Highly controversial at the time, the assertion that a plant’s stamens and pistils mirror human genitalia resulted in a `sexual revolution` in plant taxonomy. Swedish photographer Edvard Koinberg creates a modern visual counterpart to Linnaeus’s work, approaching the subject with equal passion and dedication. Having cultivated several hundred plants in his country house,...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-1450-7
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000