Tulipmania Art Journal
A collection of remarkable facts about tulips
The most expensive tulip bulb in history costed as much as the finest house on the most fashionable Amsterdam canal
This rare bulb was a Semper Augustus tulip and in January 1637 its price reached 10,000 guilders. As Mike Dash, the author of “Tulipomania” puts it, it was “sufficient to purchase one of the grandest homes on the most fashionable canal in Amsterdam, complete with a coach house and an 80-ft (25-m) garden”.
Semper Augustus tulip. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
Originating from Persia and being called “laleh” – “Flower of God” in Persian, in spite of its expatriation and naturalisation across the world, the tulip …
The Persian legend of the red tulip tells the love story of Farhad and princess Shirin. While having no noble origin or title and nothing …
You are probably thinking that there is a misprint in the previous sentence, but tulips indeed have tepals and not petals. For an explanation we …
It is curious how the standards by which a flower’s beauty is appreciated may differ across time, countries and cultures.
We all remember the majestic …