{"product_id":"mapplethorpe-flora-the-complete-flowers-9781838668211","title":"Mapplethorpe Flora: The Complete Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's flower photographs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein a sophisticated new edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century's most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting, drawing, and sculpture in Brooklyn in the 1960s and started taking photographs when he acquired a Polaroid camera, in 1970. Beginning in 1973 and until his death in 1989, Mapplethorpe explored the flower with extraordinary dedication, using a range of photographic processes - from Polaroids to dye-transfer color works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn carefully constructed compositions, he captured roses, orchids, snapdragons, daisies, tulips and other species - both common and rare - and forever transformed the way we perceive a classic and familiar subject. The result - a stunning body of work - is collected in this elegant book, with a foreword by Mapplethorpe's close friend Dimitri Levas and an introduction by Herbert Muschamp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phaidon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838668211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368","brand":"Robert Mapplethorpe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799823777973,"sku":"9781838668211","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0fe2e0fe-bdc2-495f-b13e-8f9d3dc3a045.jpg?v=1711478999","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mapplethorpe-flora-the-complete-flowers-9781838668211","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}