Herbology

Herbology is the study of magical and mundane plants and fungi, making it the wizarding equivalent to botany. This class will focus on the history of the Green Man. It was Roman artists and sculptors who first developed composite figures, as well as complex carvings of life-like intertwined vegetation. Roman architecture sometimes features ornate leaf masks, which are usually taken as showing the close interdependence between man and nature, and as describing the deities of Pan, Bacchus, Dionysus or Silvanus, and the mystery religions that grew up around them. A leaf-clad statue of Dionysus in Naples, Italy, dating back to about 420 BCE, is often considered one of the first Green Men images. In this class taught by Professor Gulliver Morris will investigate different kinds of Green Man images and assist the students in making their own Green-Man style masks and recommend the best plants to use.

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