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Flowers Have Been Found in Artwork for Centuries

By: Alex De Mostafa

Even at the dawn of our history, as far back as the Neanderthal era, humans have incorporated flowers for symbolic means. In those earliest days, excavators have dug up proof of flowers that have been piled onto burial grounds, quite possibly as a means of expressing the clearly short life cycle that we are restricted to. We bloom for a time and then fade away, much like flowers do. Remember, this first indication of flowers that are used from people takes place over 120 million years ago in a cave that is in the nation that is currently known as Iraq. Even then mankind was moved from the charm of flowers.
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Events around the planet have employed flowers for many different festivities and their strength as symbolic pieces is a lengthy and dearly held tradition where ever one goes on the planet. From literature to verse to paintings, flowers have inspired artists because of their charm and their capability to express a wide variety of meanings from the emotional to the philosophical. The famous artist Van Gogh is noted for creating portraits of the sunflower, and Monet who delved in the early impressionist trend created a lot of work incorporating flowers which display the flowing and smeared look of art he is known for. One of the finest flower artist, Georgia O'Keefe created impressive art that displayed calla lilies, she gave them a sensual sort of appearance. When it comes to artwork of lilies, nobody comes close to the dreamy pieces created by Georgia O'Keefe.
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During the Victorian era, flowers came to have a highly detailed depth of meaning with associations that are made for the kind of flower and every color that they came in. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, flower painting was a major form of art and currently this style of painting is still enjoyed throughout the world. Apart from the certainly realistic illustrations of flowers, there also have been the art done on canvas, tiles or perhaps linen that has a more sensuous sort of attraction that is highly passionate in nature. The art of Redoute is celebrated for having impressed the royalty and rich class of France. Even the 60's pop artist of huge fame, Andy Warhol, developed his individual understanding of flower art. He is attributed with making sure that the flower remains a topic honored by modern art as we know it today, offering a spin on the topic that has given flowers even more interpretations than there ever was.
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Paintings of Flora, particularly those created of the still life style, remain very popular with collectors at the international level. In spite of all the changes mankind has went through over eons it is very known that flowers still play a large part of our lives and will forever be cherished for their visual interest emotionally and the broad range of meaning that they are good at expressing.

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