Author: Alfred Koehn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flower language
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Chinese Flower Symbolism
Author: Alfred Koehn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flower language
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flower language
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees
Author: Ernst Lehner
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees, Ernst and Johanna Lehner explore the rich cultural heritage and symbolic meanings associated with various flora across different societies and traditions. This comprehensive guide offers insights into how these natural elements have been woven into myths, legends, and everyday life, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between nature and human culture.
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees, Ernst and Johanna Lehner explore the rich cultural heritage and symbolic meanings associated with various flora across different societies and traditions. This comprehensive guide offers insights into how these natural elements have been woven into myths, legends, and everyday life, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between nature and human culture.
Notes on Flower Symbolism in China
Author: Walter Perceval Yetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Flowers in Chinese Culture
Author: An Lan Zhang
Publisher: Three Pine Press
ISBN: 9781931483308
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flowers and blossoms are intricate and dainty, beautiful and transient. Marking the passing of the seasons while flourishing in radiant splendor, they open our hearts to beauty, provide creative inspiration, and connect us to the divine. Each culture has its own unique symbolism and lore associated with its flowers. Flowers in Chinese Culture presents the subtle and potent relevance of thirty flowering plants in Chinese Daoist culture, exploring religion, literature, folklore, and sayings. A delight to behold, it is a treasure trove of learning and insight.
Publisher: Three Pine Press
ISBN: 9781931483308
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Flowers and blossoms are intricate and dainty, beautiful and transient. Marking the passing of the seasons while flourishing in radiant splendor, they open our hearts to beauty, provide creative inspiration, and connect us to the divine. Each culture has its own unique symbolism and lore associated with its flowers. Flowers in Chinese Culture presents the subtle and potent relevance of thirty flowering plants in Chinese Daoist culture, exploring religion, literature, folklore, and sayings. A delight to behold, it is a treasure trove of learning and insight.
Chinese Flower Arrangement
Author: H. L. Li
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486169022
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Illustrated history of Chinese floral art provides practical suggestions for applying traditional methods to modern settings, including selecting flowers for symbolic qualities and beauty. Forty-two illustrations span centuries of Chinese paintings, prints, tapestries, and porcelains.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486169022
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Illustrated history of Chinese floral art provides practical suggestions for applying traditional methods to modern settings, including selecting flowers for symbolic qualities and beauty. Forty-two illustrations span centuries of Chinese paintings, prints, tapestries, and porcelains.
The Eight Immortals of Taoism
Author: Man-Ho Kwok
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A collection of tales and legends about the semi-divine Eight Immortals of Chinese Taoism, each of whom is supposed to have lived as an historical person. However the main role of the Eight Immortals is as symbols of the success of Taoist discipline and magic.
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A collection of tales and legends about the semi-divine Eight Immortals of Chinese Taoism, each of whom is supposed to have lived as an historical person. However the main role of the Eight Immortals is as symbols of the success of Taoist discipline and magic.
Chinese Flower Arrangement
Author: H. L. Li
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486423166
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Illustrated history of Chinese floral art provides practical suggestions for applying traditional methods to modern settings, including selecting flowers for symbolic qualities and beauty. Forty-two illustrations span centuries of Chinese paintings, prints, tapestries, and porcelains.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486423166
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Illustrated history of Chinese floral art provides practical suggestions for applying traditional methods to modern settings, including selecting flowers for symbolic qualities and beauty. Forty-two illustrations span centuries of Chinese paintings, prints, tapestries, and porcelains.
Flower Power
Author: Dany Chan
Publisher: Asian Art Museum
ISBN: 9780939117796
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1967, the phrase "flower power" transformed the commonplace flower into a Buddhist-inspired symbol of peace. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of San Francisco's "Summer of Love," this art and design book showcases the expressive powers of flowers in Asian arts and cultures. Beginning in ancient times, a language of flowers, where certain blooms suggest specific themes, was communicated in art throughout Asia. Here forty artworks, all drawn from the Asian Art Museum's renowned collection, focus on six celebrated flowers—lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip, and rose—and the messages they convey.
Publisher: Asian Art Museum
ISBN: 9780939117796
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
In 1967, the phrase "flower power" transformed the commonplace flower into a Buddhist-inspired symbol of peace. In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of San Francisco's "Summer of Love," this art and design book showcases the expressive powers of flowers in Asian arts and cultures. Beginning in ancient times, a language of flowers, where certain blooms suggest specific themes, was communicated in art throughout Asia. Here forty artworks, all drawn from the Asian Art Museum's renowned collection, focus on six celebrated flowers—lotus, plum blossom, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, tulip, and rose—and the messages they convey.
The Meaning of Flowers
Author: Fu Ji Tsang
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2080201204
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 2080201204
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives
Author: Charles Alfred Speed Williams
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486233727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Describes historical, legendary, and supernatural persons, animals, and objects that recur as symbols in Oriental art and literature
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486233727
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Describes historical, legendary, and supernatural persons, animals, and objects that recur as symbols in Oriental art and literature