The books, artworks and traditions that nourish the symbolic world of Telling Roses.
The Rose Teller Library is continually expanding as new books, artworks and historical sources inform the evolution of our symbolic collections.
Sources & Originality
The following references document the historical, artistic, literary and symbolic inspirations behind the Telling Roses collections. They are intended as research sources rather than direct models for the artworks.
Every Telling Roses creation is based on original drawings and concepts presenting a contemporary reinterpretation of myths, symbols and the historical language of roses.
Athanor Rose
- I Dizionari dell'Arte – Alchimia
- Astrologia, magia, alchimia — Matilde Battistini
- The Alchemy Website – Virtual Museum of Alchemical Manuscripts & Engravings
- Alchemical emblems and the Athanor furnace
Aurora Rosy Fingers
- Homer — The Odyssey and The Iliad ("rosy-fingered Dawn")
- Aurora (fresco) — Guido Reni
- Aurora and Cephalus — Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
- Eos — Evelyn De Morgan
Blue Roses Triskelion
- Chinese folktale The Princess and the Blue Rose
- Celtic Triskelion
- Blue rose symbolism
Bridal Dress
- Le Roman de la Rose
- Game of Thrones (Wedding Dress Margaery Tyrell)
Centifolia
- Le Langage des Fleurs — Charlotte de Latour
- Dutch Golden Age still-life paintings
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Centifolia varieties)
Maiden's Blush
- Language of Flowers — Kate Greenaway
- Practical Magic (film costumes)
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Rosa alba 'Maiden's Blush')
Moss Rose
- Language of Flowers — Kate Greenaway
- Le Langage des Fleurs — Charlotte de Latour
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Rosa muscosa)
Red Rose Buds
- Le Langage des Fleurs — Charlotte de Latour
- Le Roman de la Rose
Red Rose Buds & Thorns Dress
- Le Roman de la Rose
- 19th century whalebone corsets
Rosa Carolina
- Le Langage des Fleurs — Charlotte de Latour
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Rosa carolina)
Rosaspina
- Briar Rose — Brothers Grimm
- Eros and Psyche — Apuleius
Roses & Souls
- The Divine Comedy — Dante Alighieri (The Celestial Rose)
- The Legend of the Valkyries
- Ancient Roman funerary rites
- Ophelia — John Everett Millais
- Le Chevalier aux Fleurs — Georges Rochegrosse
The Damask Rose Two Pieces
- Le Roman de la Rose
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Rosa damascena)
Venus & Adonis
- Venus and Adonis — William Shakespeare
- Osiria Rose cultivar
Venus Old Roses
- The Birth of Venus — Sandro Botticelli
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté (Rosa pimpinellifolia)
General Research Sources
Rose History & Botany
- The Rose Book — Phaidon
- Die Geschichte der Rose — Peter E. Kukielski & Charles Phillips
- Ritratti di Rose — Paolo Focherni Coizzi
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Les Roses — Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Floriography
- Floriography — Jessica Roux
- Language of Flowers — Kate Greenaway
- Le Langage des Fleurs — Charlotte de Latour
Symbolism
- Dizionario dei Simboli — Jean Chevalier & Alain Gheerbrant
- Emblemata – Andrea Alciato
- Signs & Symbols: An Illustrated Guide to
- Their Origins and Meanings — DK
- Simboli e allegorie — Matilde Battistini
- La natura e i suoi simboli — Lucia Impelluso
Mythology
- Eroi e Dei dell'antichità — Luca Impelluso
- Alchemy & Esotericism
Astrologia, magia, alchimia — Matilde Battistini - I Dizionari dell'Arte – Alchimia
- Metamorphoses — Ovid
- The Alchemy Website – Virtual Museum of Alchemical Manuscripts & Engravings
Literature / Psychology & Archetypes
- The Divine Comedy — Dante Alighieri
- Le Roman de la Rose
- The Name of the Rose — Umberto Eco
- Magic Lessons — Alice Hoffman
- Man and His Symbols- Carl Gustav Jung
- Women Who Run With the Wolves — Clarissa Pinkola Estés
- Symbols of Transformation- Carl Gustav Jung
- The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious- Carl Gustav Jung
Art History & Visual Research
- Botanical illustration
- Dutch Golden Age still-life painting
- Medieval illuminated manuscripts
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Renaissance painting
- Symbolism artistic movement