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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to flowers
Types of flowers
2Flowers: Roses
3Flowers: Calla lilies
4Flowers: Tulips
19th century
5Flowers: A 19th Century perspective
6Early floral arrangements
7Circle of Mary Dillwyn: Flowers (ca 1853)
8Eugène Atget: Flowers and nature studies
9Charles Hippolyte Aubry: Botanical and flower studies
10Eugène Chauvigné: Flowers
11Charles Gattiker: Studies of Plants and Grasses (ca. 1883-1884)
12Adolphe Braun: Flower studies
13Ogawa Kazumasa: Flowers
Floral rememberances
14Floral memorials and floral wreaths
Pictorialism
15Flowers: A Pictorialist perspective
20th century
16Flowers: Through the 20th Century
17Edwin Hale Lincoln: Wildflowers and orchids of the North-Eastern United States
18Charles Jones: Flowers
19Dain L. Tasker: X-rays of flowers
20Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1952)
21Karl Blossfeldt: Books
22Karl Blossfeldt's Original "Urformen der Kunst" / "Art Forms in Nature"
23Albert Renger-Patzsch: Flowers and botanical studies
24Max Baur: Flowers
25Imogen Cunningham: Flowers, leaves and plant forms
26Robert Mapplethorpe: Flowers
27Cy Decosse: Gioco di Luce / Play of the Light
28Ron van Dongen: Flora
29Charles Grogg: Sent from the Garden
30Jan Saudek: The Story of Flowers (ca 1987)
Studies
31Flower studies (Part I)
32Flower studies (Part II)
Flower genera and species
33The study of specific genera or species

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