
Plant Symbolism in the ‘Rainbow’ Portrait and the Bacton Altar Cloth
Flowers in the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras could mean lots of things, some of them quite complex. Many portraits from these periods depicted sitters holding or wearing fresh flowers and plants, and/or wearing clothing that was decorated with floral designs. Some scholars have looked at their meanings and interpretations, and the way that the imagery of flowers generally, and even of specific species of plant, … Continue reading Plant Symbolism in the ‘Rainbow’ Portrait and the Bacton Altar Cloth