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Four flower species are examined - the sunflower, lily, tulip and rose.
Read about each painting's history and the artist who created it. The picture detail feature beside each painting lets you zoom in to examine the paintings in intricate detail.
You can submit your thoughts on each painting, read about contemporary artists and their work with flowers, and test your knowledge with the quiz.
Painting Flowers on TV
Presented by Monty Don and first shown on BBC Four in May 2004, the four-part series on the flower in art tells the stories of four iconic flowers through paintings housed in galleries across Britain. |
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I think this painting of the Annunciation by Botticelli is unequalled as an image depicting the true meaning of Christmas.
- Angela O'Flanagan, Dublin |
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How much do you know about flower painting? Try our quiz - all the answers can be found within this site
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Some very different approaches to the art of flowers, from four of today's important British flower artists
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Discover some of the fascinating themes associated with flowers
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