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Description: Symbolic flower with heart-shaped petals. Date: 2011: Source: Own work - Self-made file, partially loosely influenced by traditional designs, such as that at File:HUN Buzsák COA.jpg (see also File:Maru ni Sakura inverted.jpg, File:Odenthal Altenberg - Märchenwald 69 ies.jpg, File:Akreshory h.svg etc.)...
Banarasi sari. A Banarasi sari is a sari made in Varanasi, an ancient city which is also called Benares (Banaras). The saris are among the finest saris in India and are known for their gold and silver brocade or zari, fine silk and opulent embroidery. The saris are made of finely woven silk and are decorated with intricate designs, and, because ...
A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae ). Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower. These petals attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in ...
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In Christian iconography plants appear mainly as attributes on the pictures of Christ or the Virgin Mary. Christological plants are among others the vine, the columbine, the carnation and the flowering cross, which grows out of an acanthus plant surrounded by tendrils. Mariological symbols include the rose, lily, olive, cedar, cypress and palm.
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.
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart, [ 2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the fumitory subfamily ( Fumarioideae) of the poppy family Papaveraceae, and is native to Siberia, northern China, Korea, and Japan. [ 3] It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced ...
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 ...