Differences between eastern and western flower arrangement

Differences between eastern and western flower arrangement

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On the Development of Eastern and Western Flower Arrangement

Oriental flower arrangement originated in China. As early as the Western Han Dynasty, there was a simple form of flower arrangement, in which flowers were evenly inserted in pots. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, flower arrangement had become one of the offerings of Buddhist activities, and for a long time after that, flower arrangement had a strong religious color. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, flower arrangement extended from offering flowers in front of the Buddha to the palace and the people, and flower culture appeared. The art of flower arrangement became more and more mature, and it was introduced to Japan with cultural and religious exchanges during this period.

Japanese flower arrangement developed under the influence of China, and formed a unique Japanese style and flower god about 500 years ago: there are many schools, including about 300 schools represented by Caoyueliu, Xiaoyuyuan and Gupai. It has played a great role in the exchange and integration of eastern and western flower arrangement art.

Western flower arrangement also has a long history. As early as 2500 BC, ancient Egypt used plant materials for decorative purposes. In the religious ceremonies in the Middle Ages, flower arrangement with lilies as the main material became a symbol of religious belief. After the Renaissance, flower arrangement developed rapidly, forming traditional geometric and pattern styles, and initially forming a large number of western flower arrangement styles.

In the 20th century, with the exchange of flower arrangement art between the East and the West, western flower arrangement also absorbed some characteristics of oriental flower arrangement, and began to pay attention to expressing the beauty of lines with branches and leaves, and began to pursue smooth lines such as drooping, arc, asymmetric' tilt' in composition, resulting in a large number of mixed lines, which further improved and enriched the style of western flower arrangement.

Characteristics of oriental flower arrangement

Pay attention to the expression of artistic conception and connotation, and embody the conceptual characteristics of oriental painting, so that flower arrangement works not only have decorative effect, but also reach the artistic realm of "both form and spirit"

Give priority to line modeling, pursue the beauty of lines, make full use of the natural form of plant materials, give play to the advantages of materials, express emotions and express artistic conception.

The composition advocates nature, adopts asymmetric composition rules and pays attention to painting. The layout requires clear priorities, alternating reality and reality, corresponding to the facade and mutual concern.

Pay attention to the personalized meaning of the work, endow the work with profound ideological connotation, and express the author's spiritual realm with natural flowers, so pay great attention to the cultural factors of flowers.

The color is light, simple and simple, and it advocates understatement. There are also colorful flowers, but they are mainly used for court flower arrangement.

The techniques are mainly divided into three branches, and the high and low pitching forms various forms, such as upright, inclined and drooping.

Characteristics of western flower arrangement

Flower arrangement works pay attention to the decorative effect and the pleasure of the insertion process, but do not overemphasize the ideological connotation.

Pay attention to geometric pattern modeling, pursue the expressive force of the group, and be familiar with western architectural art.

Symmetry and balance are adopted in composition, which is stable and regular, reflects the beauty of artificial strength, and makes the flower material show strong decorative effect.

Pursue rich and gorgeous colors and deliberately render a rich atmosphere.

The expression technique pays attention to the coordination of flower materials and flower devices, and the flower arrangement works are in harmony with environmental occasions. A variety of flowers are often used to combine color blocks.

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