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Floral design or flower arrangement is the art of using plant material and flowers to create an eye-catching and balanced composition or display. Evidence of refined floral design is found as far back as the culture of ancient Egypt. Floral designs, called arrangements, incorporate the five elements and seven principles of floral design.
Shōka arrangement by the 40th headmaster Ikenobō Senjō, drawing from the Sōka Hyakki by the Shijō school, 1820. Ikebana flower arrangement in a tokonoma (alcove), in front of a kakemono (hanging scroll) Ikebana ( 生け花, 活け花, 'arranging flowers' or 'making flowers alive') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. [ 1][ 2] It is ...
Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [ 1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...
Flower paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe. Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Canna, 1919, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. The American artist Georgia O'Keeffe is best known for her close-up, or large-scale flower paintings, [ 1] which she painted from the mid-1920s through the 1950s. [ 2] She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2,000 ...
The Flowers of the Four Seasons ( Chinese: 四季名花, Sìjì Mínghuā) are a traditional grouping of flowers found in Chinese culture [1] that spread to and influenced other East Asian [2] arts. In Chinese art [3] and culture, the flowers that represent the four seasons consist of: (春兰) Chūnlán – Spring – orchid. (夏荷) Xiahé ...
The Cooktown Orchid ( Vappodes phalaenopsis ), was the official floral emblem of Queensland since 19 November 1959. [ 4] In November 1960, Anigozanthos manglesii was adopted as the floral emblem of Western Australia in a proclamation made by then Premier of Western Australia David Brand, to promote tourist interest in the State's wildflowers.
The earliest known flower arranging dates back to ancient Egypt. Egyptians were decorating with flowers as early as 2,500 BCE. They regularly placed cut flowers in vases, [1] and highly stylized arrangements were used during burials, for processions, and simply as table decorations. Illustrations of arranged flowers have been found on Egyptian ...
Maria van Oosterwijck was born in 1630 in Nootdorp, a town located near Delft in South Holland, the Netherlands. [ 1] Her date of birth is generally listed as 20 August, [ 2] but some sources state that it was 27 August. Her father was a Dutch Reformed Church minister, as was her grandfather. [ 3]