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A fleuron (/ ˈ f l ʊər ɒ n,-ə n, ˈ f l ɜːr ɒ n,-ə n / [1]), also known as printers' flower, is a typographic element, or glyph, used either as a punctuation mark or as an ornament for typographic compositions. Fleurons are stylized forms of flowers or leaves; the term derives from the Old French: floron ("flower"). [2]
Doodle by Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia, c. 1795. A doodle is a drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines or shapes, generally without ever lifting the drawing device from the paper, in which case it is usually called a scribble.
Petrit Halilaj (born 1986) is a Kosovar visual artist [3] [4] living and working among Germany, Kosovo, and Italy. [5] The name "Petrit" literally means "Falcon". [6]His work is based on documents, stories, and memories related to the history of Kosovo.
Floral sexuality is related to the presence or absence of the reproductive whorls: androecium and gynoecium. Flowers that have both whorls (i.e., will produce both male and female gametes) are said to be perfect, bisexual, monoclinous or, more frequently, hermaphrodites, as is the case with potato flowers (Solanum tuberosum, Solanaceae
Flowers and Trees is a Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. [2] It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process [ 3 ] after several years of two-color Technicolor films.
A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered limestone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.
She is best known for her so-called 'doodle-bombs' where she illustrates over magazine covers, [3] as well as her playful and brightly coloured iconography. [4] Stewart's art has been featured in numerous advertising campaigns, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] painted as large-scale murals [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and used as print designs on clothing [ 9 ] and footwear.
It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (4 ft) tall and wide, with mounds of branching stems covered in clouds of tiny white flowers in summer (hence the common name "baby's breath"). [1] Another possible source of this name is its scent, which has been described as sour milk, like a baby's "spit-up".