The Meaning of Flowers in Art – GI 25 050
10 July 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm BST
Tutor: Daphne Jefferis BA(Hons) PGCEA
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Flowers have been used symbolically in art history throughout the centuries. The rose, the lily, and other flowers each have their own special significance; the meaning of all will be studied.
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, The Roses of Heliogabalus, 1888, oil on canvas. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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About the Speaker
Daphne Jefferis
Daphne is an Art History lecturer who has a special interest in 19th and 20th century European Art. She delivered study tours to Florence for many years, so also has a particular love of early Renaissance art.
Daphne has taught for many years at the Guildford Institute and also A-Level Art History in Adult Education and in schools. Daphne gives talks all over Surrey for Art Societies, Women’s Institute and Probus groups and for anyone who asks her!
Now in semi-retirement, Daphne is giving more time to drawing and painting and exploring new techniques and subjects. She has exhibited her work at the Institute as well as with Guildford Arts, AppArt and at the Cathedral.
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