The east is dominated by lines, and the shapes are simple, elegant, thin, hard and thick by using the length and thickness of branches and leaves. Monomer has strong expressive force, and both of them have expressive force and appreciation of composition. Western countries mainly focus on geometric modeling, emphasizing the color block effect. It consists of a circle, a semicircle, an isosceles triangle, a torch shape, a moon shape, an S shape and the like. And it pays attention to group expression. Some people call it color block flower arrangement.

composition

Oriental pays attention to nature, adopts symmetrical or asymmetrical balance, and uses a wide range of materials. Flowers, leaves, fruits and vines are all used, and they are all used in full bloom, half opening and budding. The west pays attention to rules and adopts symmetrical balance, and the posture and specifications of flowers are arranged radially and uniformly to form geometric figures. And there are many flowers and rich colors.

purpose

Oriental pays attention to artistic conception, combines subjective mind with objective scenery, and creates and appreciates it through the association of the author and the viewer. The west pays attention to the visual effect of appearance and emphasizes the decoration of appearance and color, which makes its works warm, unrestrained and elegant.

container

In the East, flowers, utensils, props and environment are integrated. Flower pots are made of exquisite pots and pans made of ceramics, glass, metal, lacquer wood, bamboo and straw, as well as shells, tree segments, stone chips and bamboo tubes, which are an important part of artistic appreciation. At the same time, it is equipped with palace lanterns, calligraphy and painting, bead curtains, window views, fish tanks, bird cages and even inkstones. In the west, dense flowers cover containers and several shelves; Used to change the height of the work, before and after, pay attention to environmental coordination.

amount

Oriental flowers don't require much. Generally, a few flowers are used to make the finishing touch, and more green branches and leaves are used to set off. The amount of flowers used in the west is relatively large, giving people a feeling of flowers. Generally, herbaceous flowers are the main ones, such as carnation, hibiscus, lily, chrysanthemum, calla lily, rose and so on.

There are three popular flower arranging methods in the west: one is the modern big pile head insertion method. With one or two bright flowers as the theme and small flowers as the foil, it presents a harmonious contrast. Second, the modern line insertion method. In order to highlight the natural beauty and morphological beauty of flowers, there are two forms: symmetrical and asymmetrical. Asymmetry is free to play, unique in creativity and popular. Third, the modern big line merging and inserting method. It combines the advantages of a lot of big lines, that is, it combines the traditional advantages of western flower arrangement art and oriental flower arrangement art, and is suitable for international flower exhibitions and exchange occasions.

Western countries' recognition of Chinese flower arrangement has changed into their love, especially the unique, simple, elegant, exquisite and natural artistic style of Chinese flower arrangement, which has won the love of foreign friends. It's called "Chinese flower arrangement looks vivid". He showed great interest in China's garden art. This is like Yuan Daohong, the originator of flower arrangement in Ming Dynasty, saying that flower arrangement is "a path, a real art, and learned." "This traditional art needs to be promoted throughout the country to enrich the artistic treasure house of the motherland and the spiritual life of the people.

Artistic Style and Insertion Method of Oriental and Western Flower Arrangement Art

There are many flower arranging schools in the world today. But generally speaking, there are two kinds of flower arrangement, one is the oriental style flower arrangement represented by China, Japanese and other countries, and the other is the western style flower arrangement represented by Europe and America. There are obvious differences between the two styles of flower arrangement.

I. Times and background

Traditional oriental peoples love and admire nature, and have unique aesthetic taste and views on the beauty of nature. It is emphasized that "things follow the original environment" and "the form is simple and natural", that is, the landscape should conform to the natural growth law of everything. This requires the flower arranger to deeply understand and observe the habits of plants, think about their beauty and essence, and integrate their personal feelings to create infectious works.

Western flower arrangement is "humanism" advocated by western philosophy. It is believed that man and nature are the real artistic objects, trying to find the most beautiful lines and proportions from them. Use stylized and standardized mode to determine the standards and scales of beauty, emphasizing unity, balance and symmetry, and advocating geometric figures. In the art of flower arrangement, geometric figures are often used to pile a large number of colorful flowers into various shapes through abstract artistic techniques to express artificial mathematical beauty and obtain strong decorative effect.

Second, conception and composition.

Oriental flower arrangement advocates nature, pays attention to artistic conception, and entertains education with the beauty of natural flowers, which is touching. According to the growth characteristics of flowers and trees, people melt personal feelings, give flowers and trees symbolic meaning, and express their wishes or feelings through flowers. Lily, for example, means a hundred years of harmony and all the best; Narcissus is a water fairy, sacred and elegant; Pomegranate children and grandchildren are full; Plum blossom ice cream symbolizes fearlessness. The composition is arranged according to the distant view, the middle view and the close view. Flowers and flowers, flowers and leaves echo each other, vivid and interesting.

Western flower arrangement pays attention to the variety and quantity of flower materials. Flowers are plump and huge, and most of them use symmetrical, balanced or regular geometric figures, such as triangle, circle, horizontal and S-shaped. The pursuit of block and overall effect is very decorative and beautiful, and the works are elegant.

Third, interpolation rules.

Oriental flower arrangement pays attention to the combination of realism and freehand brushwork. Pay attention to planting

(A) the use of lines: that linear flowers are more lively, more able to express emotions.

(2) Staggered height: that is, the relationship between the proportion and position of flower arrangement. It includes between flowers, between flowers and containers, between works and the environment. Works that are "too complicated" are obviously more important than low-level ones; "Too thin" works are empty.

(3) Combination of reality and reality, combining rigidity with softness; The emptiness in oriental flower arrangement is loose, shallow and vague. Reality is thick, heavy and dense. Just strong, hard and stiff. Soft means soft, warm and soft. Flower arrangement, no reality, no picture, no rigidity, no depth. When virtual and reality cooperate well, there are levels.

(4) Echo relationship: Echo mainly refers to the echo of scenes and colors, and pay attention to the directionality of flowers, so that flowers are interrelated and integrated between pitching and looking.

(5) Contrast: Oriental flower arrangement pays attention to the contrast of pictures, through which the flowers can be more prominent and the composition vivid.

(6) Pay attention to the relationship between the guest and the host: the establishment of the relationship between the guest and the host can make the theme concentrated, but it can't be sloppy.

Western flower arrangement generally adopts the traditional geometric flower arrangement method. The flower materials used in the works often cover all the flower devices and the containers are not exposed. The size of flowers is determined only by the location or site of decoration. Please pay attention when inserting.

(1) The appearance is regular and the outline is clear: the outline is composed of the vertex connecting lines of the outermost flowers, and the shapes presented by these vertex connecting lines are the shapes of flower arrangement works, such as sectors, triangles and L-shapes.

(2) Pay attention to rich levels and strong three-dimensional sense: various forms of geometric flower arrangement, from the front, not only have a geometric outline, but also have a regular shape from the side, such as triangular flower arrangement, which should be a triangular cone in essence. Flowers should be distributed at different levels in the whole space.

(3) Highlighting key points and clarifying key points; Focused, stable work. The focus flower can be a big flower or a group of irregular flowers, but it can't be. Basic pattern interpolation method

The pattern of oriental flower arrangement generally consists of three main branches. The first main branch is the longest branch, which determines the basic shape of the pattern. The second main branch is the parallel first main branch, and its length is 1/2 or 3 14 of the first main branch. The third main branch is a stable branch, and its length is 1/2 or 3/4 of that of the second main branch. Subordinate branches are branches that set off and compare the main branches, and the number depends on needs. The changes of the upper and lower positions of the three main branches can form different shapes. There are mainly upright, inclined, drooping, straight and symmetrical types.

Western basic illustrations can be divided into symmetrical composition and asymmetrical composition according to the modeling structure. Symmetrical composition refers to the symmetrical outline of a work, such as a circle, a hemisphere, a fan, an inverted T-shape, etc. Asymmetric composition is the asymmetry of the outer contour, such as L-shape, S-shape and crescent shape. The basic type of interpolation first determines the shape, and then interpolates the basic skeleton of the graph. After the skeleton is inserted, the focus position is determined, the focus flower is inserted, other flowers are inserted in the contour line, and the space is covered with scattered flowers and leaves, so that all parts are coordinated and balanced to form a complete work.