A Beautiful Walk

by Kay Novy

Title

A Beautiful Walk

Artist

Kay Novy

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

A beautiful, vibrant garden filled with various colors of Peonies.
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The first use of peonies by people was for their medicinal value. There is evidence that peonies were used extensively in both the Far East and Europe as long as two thousand years ago. Many parts of the plant are purported to have medicinal properties. Roots, bark, seeds and flowers were all believed to be of some medicinal use.
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Today a number of medical researchers throughout the world are isolating compounds in peonies and evaluating their medical potential. The available research suggests that there are numerous useful compounds found in peonies and it is possible to project that in time researchers will be using compounds found in peony to create modern drugs to treat some of our more serious diseases.
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The beauty of the peony flower has long inspired artists in both the eastern and western parts of the world. Prior to the seventeenth century however it was the artists of China and Japan who incorporated images of the peony into their work.
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The peony came to the art of the western world much later and never attained the same level of use as in China and Japan. However when the tree peony and P. lactiflora began to gain popularity in Europe during the end of the 18th and during the 19th century artists began to paint them. Such great artists as Renoir and Fantin-Latour painted peonies. Today peonies are popular subjects for many amateur and professional artists.
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Peonies in North America have been grown for their ornamental, rather than medicinal, value. Though two species of peony are native to the western United States, European settlers brought ornamental herbaceous peonies to North America. These hardy plants were grown in pioneer gardens.

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