Flower Art

Art, in its broadest meaning, is the expression of

creativity and/or imagination. There is a variety of arts, including visual
arts and design, decorative arts, plastic arts, and the performing arts.
Artistic expression takes many forms viz., painting, drawing, sculpture,
music, literature, performance art, printmaking, film, and possibly
architecture as the most widely recognized forms. However, since the
advent of modernism and the technological revolution, new forms like
photography, comics, video art, computer art, etc., have emerged.
Similarly, such art forms with depictions of flowers, flower bearing
plants or other flower related materials are collectively referred to
as Floral Art Forms or flower art forms.

Traditional Flower Art Forms

Making flower arrangements by itself is a great floral art. Making artificial
flowers, silk flowers, paper flowers, clay flowers, drying flowers, flower
painting, flower clip art, flower shows, flower tattoos, virtual flower cards,
flower photos, flower posters, flower screensavers, flower wallpapers, and
flower widgets constitute other popular forms of flower art.

Flowers & art are intensely intertwined with each

other. The University of Virginia Art Museum organizes an annual event
"Flowers Interpret Art", which proclaims that flower arranging is a great
art.
Although flowers are naturally beautiful, it is the artistic arrangement of
flowers that enhances their beauty through flower arrangement.
Ikebana, the Japanese word for the art of flower arranging, is more
popular today. Ikebana means "living flowers", but a more accurate
interpretation would be an ´arrangement of plant material´. Ikebana
strives to convey through symbolism how nature and art relate to daily
living.
There is no event worth the name in the universe without some or the
other kind of floral arrangement involved. It is here that floral
designers come into the picture. Floral designers create their designs
according to the occasion - weddings, birthdays, parties, etc., and even
funerals - each having specific flower arrangement patterns.

Different kinds of flower arrangements

by various floral designers around the world are exhibited at flower
shows. The Philadelphia Flower Show (U.S.), Chelsea Flower Show
(London), Toronto Flower and Garden Show (Canada) etc., are some
popular flower shows. Flower shows serve as venues for learning about
the art of gardening, art of arranging flowers and such other information
about flowers.
Making artificial flowers is another wonderful floral art form. It is the art
of manufacturing imitation flowers, which look no different from natural
flowers. Silk Flowers, soap flowers, paper flowers, clay flowers, plastic
flowers, porcelain flowers, etc., are examples of artificial flowers. When
properly designed, artificial flower arrangements can be just as beautiful
as a real flower arrangements.

Drying flowers and arranging dried flowers is

another floral art form for decorating home and offices as well. Dried
flowers, whether used in bouquets, pressed flower pictures, or potpourri,
or on hats, wreaths, kissing balls, shadow boxes, hearth brooms, shaker
boxes, window ornaments, door swags, inspire us to recreate a gentler
time of beauty and elegance.
Art, in general usage, is most often thought of as painting. the art of
Painting is the most poular art form. Similarly, flower painting holds a
special place in the hearts of art lovers and flower lovers. Paintings of
flowers have their antecedents in the herbal and scientific depictions of
plants. Flower tattoo is another favorite floral art with many, especially
with the youth where the body is pierced in the form of an image of a
flower or a plant, which looks like a flower painting on the body.
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Modern Flower Art Forms

Technological innovations have brought other floral arts like flower clip
art, virtual flower cards, flower photos, flower posters, flower
screensavers, flower wallpapers and flower widgets to the fore. Flower
clip art is one of the most popular online floral arts today. The purpose of
flower clip art is to provide a pool of generic art that can be reused by
non-artists, who bhave a great love for art and flowers.
Virtual greeting cards are postcards with special wishes for all ocassions
can be sent via the Internet, usually through email. Virtual flower
cards convey messages with ease and almost instantaneously with a
beautiful virtual flower.
With the advent of photography and printing technology, photos and
posters entered the arena of art. Since flowers are a natural source of
inspiration for any artist and for that matter for anyone, flower
photos and flower posters comfortably gained popularity in the world of
art, especially floral art.
Similarly, flower screensavers and flower wallpapers are very popular
with the PC-owning community for their personal desktops. So is the case
with flower widgets on the desktops of computers.
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