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Hello all - I am hoping some of you have ideas for me. See the question below about flower painting and fantasy bouquets. I am interested in learning more about french images (paintings i believe) from the 1700-1800's era that depicted FANTASY BOUQUETS. They illustrated a combination of flowers that could never exist in reality because their bloom times (spring vs. fall...morning vs. evening, etc.) don't coincide. We've come up with a list of books on French flower painting for her to explore. And I've suggested she think about the direct line from Dutch flower painting of a bit earlier to French flower paintings - vanitas paintings, botanical illustrations, specimen painting, the correlation of art and science, etc. Does anyone know if "fantasy bouquets" is really a term that is used to describe these works? I'm looking for thoughts/suggestions that might help her. Any ideas gratefully received. Thanks. Susan -- Susan A. Davi Head, Collection Management & Licensed Electronic Content University of Delaware Library [log in to unmask] 302-831-6948 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~