The origin of Western floral culture

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-19

Western floral techniques are the result of thousands of years of development as the most commercial and practical representations, giving them social, spiritual and aesthetic significance and making them what we are today. Today, Bulma is here to explore the origins of Western floral art.

Ancient Greece is one of the sources of Western civilization, and the recorded literature, science and technology, and art in the West all began from ancient Greece. At the same time, the ancient Greeks' love of life and delicate sense of nature made many plants an important part of their daily lives.

Wreaths and garlands are the most common, but there are also expressions that embody early expressions similar to bouquets.

The ancient Greeks used familiar trees and foliage to wear flower crowns for the winners of the competition, weave tokens for the messengers of the sacred truce, sharpen scepters for the judges, and decorate the altars of the gods.

The ancient Greeks believed that the most beautiful decoration was the natural garland, which was closely related to the daily life of the ancient Greeks, who wore it at festivals, weddings, banquets, and even sacrifices and funerals. The most commonly used leaf materials are oak leaves, bay, ivy, bay leaves, and parsley. Laurel wreaths were made specifically for athletes who won in ancient Olympiad competitions;Such garlands are also awarded to the winners of poetry competitions and are a symbol of strength, honor, loyalty, and dedication.

Flower basket arrangement is another form of floral arrangement, which can be seen in the collection of the Vatican Museums, the mosaic painting "Flower Basket", which shows that European herbaceous flowers have been relatively rich, including roses, carnations, tulips and hyacinths, etc., and the form of flower baskets full of flowers has also laid the basic form of Western classical flower arrangement.

The rope is a major form of floral arrangement and is usually worn at festivals. Crafted mainly from flowers, fruits, and leaves, the finished product is often decorated with ribbons at the left and right ends, or wound with thin vines with flowers and leaves until the base is completely encased.

The appearance of bouquets is accompanied by human desire for creativity and love for flowers, which in turn affects the way of life of human beings, and gradually forms different styles. In the process of the development of the bouquet, the style and form are gradually changing, and at the same time, with the progress of social civilization and the change of political church, its use is also gradually different, and then different types of techniques and forms are formed. The bouquet we are familiar with today has its origins in the Renaissance. The word "bouquet" comes from the French bosquet, which means "natural field".

The forms of these flower arrangements were later gradually spread from Greece and Rome to Italy, England, France and the Netherlands with ** exchanges, wars and cultural exchanges. It was also from this period that the West developed flowers into a complete and independent art.

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