Flowers & 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.