Bitter Orange Flower Moriz Jung and pale blue

and pale blue

as if coming into focus

visual impact

It belongs to a tradition of images that were never quite serious and never quite jokes

Skin tones and warm color overlays transition smoothly

Bitter Orange Flower Moriz Jung and pale blueThis botanical plate presents the bitter orange Citrus aurantium with the disciplined precision of 18th or 19th century scientific illustration. Flower, bud, cross section and fruit are arranged on the page as a complete portrait of the plant, each element rendered in careful detail: the waxy texture of petals, the geometric interior of a cut fruit, the fine venation of leaves. The composition is spare and formal, governed by the conventions of the