Redouté's Fabulous Flowers Florence Scovel Shinn taught generations

Florence Scovel Shinn taught generations of readers how to live richer

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all rendered with dazzling geometric shapes and highlighted by brilliant color palettes

Redouté's Fabulous Flowers Florence Scovel Shinn taught generationsPierre Joseph Redout (17591840) ranks among the most highly regarded botanical illustrators in history. Known as the "Raphael of Flowers" for his meticulously accurate watercolors of roses, lilies, and other flowers, Redout dominated botanical art from 1790 to 1830. The official court artist for Louis XVI and art tutor to Marie Antoinette, he survived the Terror and received the patronage of Napoleon's wife, Empress Josephine. Today the appreciation