In considering these questions

78 color and 2 b/w illustrations

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

from monuments and mosques in Iran and Buddhist temples on the Silk Road to Spanish missions in California

Anne van Buren previously taught at Tufts University

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