Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori

Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori

Anna Maria Vaiani is another female artist who did floral designs. In Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s piece on gardening, Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori, (1638) Vaiani etched many of the floral designs. Like Garzoni, her designs played on anatomy of plants with elements of whimsy, to create pieces that were dynamic and alluring. Vaiani learned etching from her father, Alessandro Vaiani. She is known for her botanical etchings, much like the one presented in this book. Both Vaiani and Garzoni led lives as pioneers, where they were some of the first women to create these botanically accurate pieces, that brought inspiration for not only other female artists, but also male artists to explore this approach.

Anna Maria Vaiani
Giovanni Battista Ferrari

“Anna Maria Vaiani ?-1655.” Gonville & Caius, December 4, 2019. https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/discover/library/online-exhibitions/her-book/printers/anna-maria-vaiani-1655.

Ferrari, Giovanni Battista, Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori, Rome: Pier. ‘Ant. Facciotti, 1638, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed October 07, 2021, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/3987

“Flora, Ouero, Cultura Di Fiori.” Duke Library Exhibits. Accessed October 13, 2021. https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/items/show/3987.

Pier. ‘Ant. Facciotti

1638

Jacob Carnes

Paper book, pen, etching

Etching in a book

The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Duke University, Durham, United States