Why are there so many flowers on book covers? We look into maximalism, book cover design, floral art history and why cover design trends are the way they are. If you've been wanting to purchase a VPN you can grab AtlasVPN's special deal for 82% OFF using my link: https://get.atlasvpn.com/itsdivya
Thanks to AtlasVPN for sponsoring this video and for you guys for supporting me and my sponsors.

Flowers have closely been associated with femininity and so it makes sense that they adorn the covers of books pertaining to women, women's issues and otherwise. Yet, some books unrelated to that still adopt this flower garden look. What are some of the reasons why flowers are such a popular motif in literature?

Feel free to let me know of any cover trends you've spotted on twitter.

Some interesting reads!

SYMBOLISM

"Floral Femininity: A Pictorial Definition"
↪ https://www.jstor.org/stable/3109092

Botanical Imagery In European painting
↪ https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bot...

Flowers in mythology
↪ https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/....

DESIGN

The new maximalism
↪ https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/215...

Maximalist Design and the Problem with Minimalism
↪ https://www.toptal.com/designers/ui/m...

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - flowers in different genres
2:52 - floral covers throughout time
3:25 - different uses for flowers
4:02 - the symbolic depiction of flowers in art
5:43 - nature are the subject of artistic study
6:30 - it's part of the story
6:50 - floral cover design trends as a marketing tactic
7:56 - the end of minimalism?
8:41 - outro





• • • • • • • • • • •

✶ MY LINKS ✶

BUSINESS ENQUIRIES
↪ [email protected]

TWITTER
↪   / itsdivyag  

INSTAGRAM
↪   / itsdivyag  

BEAMS (short voice notes/mini podcast)
↪ https://beams.fm/itsdivya

TIKTOK
↪   / itsdivyag  

GOODREADS
↪   / divya-g  

(my account is set to private so to add me as a friend open up the page in a desktop setting if you are using a mobile device/tablet)




✶ VIDEO DETAILS ✶

CAMERA
↪ Canon 650D

VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE
↪ Premiere Pro CC

THUMBNAIL
↪ Photoshop CC

INTRO ARTIST
↪   / cherryinferno