Floral art

Author: Zeng Duaxiang
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This textbook is suitable for majors in landscape architecture, horticulture, floriculture, urban planning, and environmental art in colleges and universities. It can also serve as a training manual for floral arrangement professionals and as a self-study resource for hobbyists. As one of the series textbooks for higher vocational education in landscape architecture, the book provides an overview of the basic concepts and related terminology of floral art, categories of floral art, a brief history of Eastern and Western floral art, and the characteristics of traditional Eastern and Western floral art as well as modern free-style floral art. It also introduces fundamental knowledge of Chinese and Western flower culture and floral etiquette. The textbook elaborates on the basic techniques of floral arrangement, focusing on the principles of composition design, color design, form design in floral arrangements, and the features and creation methods of various modern floral art works. It also covers the display and maintenance of floral arrangements, the appreciation and evaluation of floral art works, and introduces the grading standards for floral materials (cut flowers), the professional grading standards for floral arrangers, floral English, and floral art competition events. Additionally, it includes an electronic teaching plan for reference by instructors.