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Anne van Buren previously taught at Tufts University

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Charissa Bremer-David is curator in the Department of Decorative Arts at the Getty Museum and a coauthor of Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J

The book takes the reader on a visual tour of the Museum's sculpture gardens and installations

The Mythology of Plants: Botanical Lore from Ancient Greece and Rome In Focus In considering these questionsAnnette Giesecke This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority on the gardens, art, and literature of the classical world, introduces the books main themes with a discussion of gods and heroes in ancient Greek and Roman gardens. The following chapters recount the everyday uses and broader cultural meaning of plants with particularly strong mythological associations. These