Jennifer Milam is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Art History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her books include Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2003), Fragonard’s Playful Paintings (2007), Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art (2011), Beyond Chinoiserie (2018), and Making Ideas Visible (2022). Her next book addresses cosmopolitan ideals in garden spaces.

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• Series PrefaceList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Plants and Culture during the Enlightenment, Jennifer Milam and Garritt Van Dyk1. Plants as Staple Foods, Jane Levi2. Plants as Luxury Foods, Garritt Van Dyk3. Trade & Exploration, Sarah Easterby-Smith4. Plant Technology & Science, Alexandra Cook5. Plants & Medicine, Clare Griffin6. Plants in Culture, Stephen Bending7. Plants as Natural Ornament, Mark Laird8. The Representation of Plants, Ekaterina Heath and Jennifer MilamNotesBibliographyNotes on Contributors

Jennifer Milam is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Art History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her books include Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2003), Fragonard’s Playful Paintings (2007), Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art (2011), Beyond Chinoiserie (2018), and Making Ideas Visible (2022). Her next book addresses cosmopolitan ideals in garden spaces.

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• Series PrefaceList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Plants and Culture during the Enlightenment, Jennifer Milam and Garritt Van Dyk1. Plants as Staple Foods, Jane Levi2. Plants as Luxury Foods, Garritt Van Dyk3. Trade & Exploration, Sarah Easterby-Smith4. Plant Technology & Science, Alexandra Cook5. Plants & Medicine, Clare Griffin6. Plants in Culture, Stephen Bending7. Plants as Natural Ornament, Mark Laird8. The Representation of Plants, Ekaterina Heath and Jennifer MilamNotesBibliographyNotes on Contributors

Jennifer Milam is Pro Vice Chancellor and Professor of Art History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her books include Women, Art and the Politics of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2003), Fragonard’s Playful Paintings (2007), Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art (2011), Beyond Chinoiserie (2018), and Making Ideas Visible (2022). Her next book addresses cosmopolitan ideals in garden spaces.

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• Series PrefaceList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Plants and Culture during the Enlightenment, Jennifer Milam and Garritt Van Dyk1. Plants as Staple Foods, Jane Levi2. Plants as Luxury Foods, Garritt Van Dyk3. Trade & Exploration, Sarah Easterby-Smith4. Plant Technology & Science, Alexandra Cook5. Plants & Medicine, Clare Griffin6. Plants in Culture, Stephen Bending7. Plants as Natural Ornament, Mark Laird8. The Representation of Plants, Ekaterina Heath and Jennifer MilamNotesBibliographyNotes on Contributors