Peony Black and White
by Darren Fisher
Title
Peony Black and White
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
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A beautiful peony in full bloom and given a black and white treatment. I have used effects and textures to make the image look like a painting. This image will enhance any room.
The peony is named after Paeon (also spelled Paean), a student of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine and healing. Asclepius became jealous of his pupil; Zeus saved Paeon from the wrath of Asclepius by turning him into the peony flower.[4]
The family name "Paeoniaceae" was first used by Friedrich K.L. Rudolphi in 1830, following a suggestion by Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling that same year.[2] The family had been given other names a few years earlier.[5] The composition of the family has varied, but it has always consisted of Paeonia and one or more genera that are now placed in Ranunculales.[3] It has been widely believed that Paeonia is closest to Glaucidium, and this idea has been followed in some recent works.[2][6] Molecular phylogenetic studies, however, have demonstrated conclusively that Glaucidium belongs in Ranunculaceae,[7] but that Paeonia belongs in the unrelated order Saxifragales.
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August 4th, 2014
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