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Chrysanthemums are the topic in hundreds of poems of China. [28] The "golden flower" referred to in the 2006 movie Curse of the Golden Flower is a chrysanthemum. "Chrysanthemum Gate" (jú huā mén 菊花门), often abbreviated as Chrysanthemum (菊花), is taboo slang meaning "anus" (with sexual connotations). [29]
In Chinese art, the Four Gentlemen or Four Noble Ones (Chinese: 四君子; pinyin: Sì Jūnzǐ), is a collective term referring to four plants: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum. [1] [2] The term compares the four plants to Confucian junzi, or "gentlemen".
Bouquet of Small Chrysanthemums is a mid 19th century still life watercolor by Léon Bonvin. The drawing, which depicts a vase of flowers set on a table, is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
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Chrysanthemums of the Immortal Blossoms in an Everlasting Spring (仙萼長春冊) by Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766). In China, they have been around since 500 BCE.In 1630, more than 500 varieties were already mentioned there.In Europe, especially in Holland, they have been known since the mid-17th century, but their general dissemination took place only in the 19th century.
The Imperial Seal of Japan or National Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal (菊紋, kikumon), Chrysanthemum Flower Seal (菊花紋, 菊花紋章, kikukamon, kikukamonshō) or Imperial chrysanthemum emblem (菊の御紋, kikunogomon), is the mon used by the Emperor of Japan and members of the Imperial Family.
To one painting of chrysanthemums, Ma added a poem about how she has no place to plant such flowers but can tend them with her brush. [4] In comparison with Ma Yuanyu, Ma Quan's works have been described as similarly realist, [ 2 ] but capable of conveying an aesthetic essence. [ 2 ]
Another technique similar to contour drawing is outline drawing; a division between form and the space a subject occupies. [4] All three types of drawing are considered to be gesture drawings; [4] the practice of drawing a series of bodies in still form. An outline drawing does not include the visual amusement of human sight, while a contour ...