Results for "symbolism"
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Three Friends of Winter歲寒三友
Pine, bamboo and plum shown together as a symbol of endurance in East Asian art
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Korean garden
A natural garden style shaped by rocks, ponds, and harmony with the land
🇰🇷 South Korea and 5 more · Garden style
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Palmette
A fan-shaped floral motif from ancient Egypt and Greece, used in art and architecture
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 more · Art or design
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Hanakotoba花言葉
The Japanese language of flowers and their meanings
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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Chrysanthemum Throne皇位
The imperial seat used for enthroning the Emperor of Japan
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom
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History of flower arrangement
How arranging flowers became an art across cultures and centuries
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Arrangement
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Nosegay
A small hand-held bouquet with hidden meanings and a long history
Arrangement
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Laurel wreath
A head or neck wreath made from laurel leaves, symbolizing victory
🇬🇷 Greece and 4 more · Worn flowers
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden中山公園
A traditional Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Vancouver, 🇨🇦 Canada · Flower garden
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language of flowers
A way of sending secret messages using flowers and their meanings
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Custom
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National flower
A flower chosen to represent a country or region as its symbol
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Custom
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Vanitas
A style of still life art showing the fleeting nature of life and worldly things
🇪🇸 Spain · Art or design
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Still life
Artworks showing arranged objects like flowers, fruit, and vessels
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 4 more · Art or design
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Bird-and-flower painting花鳥畫
A genre of East Asian painting showing birds, flowers, and nature’s creatures
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Four Gentlemen四君子
The four symbolic plants of Chinese and East Asian art
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Art or design
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Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
PomegranatePunica granatum
A shrub with bright red flowers and a fruit full of edible seeds
🇮🇷 Iran and 9 more · Flowering shrub
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Narcissus
Spring-flowering bulbs with trumpet-shaped blooms in white, yellow, and orange
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower
Common poppyPapaver rhoeas
The vivid red wildflower of fields and remembrance
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
CarnationDianthus caryophyllus
A fragrant flower with ruffled petals, grown worldwide for decoration and meaning
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Garden flower
Forget-me-notMyosotis
Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love
🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower
Water-lily familyNymphaeaceae
Floating aquatic plants with showy flowers and round leaves
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 more · Wildflower
Anemone
Perennial wildflowers with colorful, petal-like sepals known as windflowers
Anemone · Wildflower
Viburnum
Shrubs and small trees with showy flower clusters and colourful berries
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 3 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
Common rueRuta graveolens
A strong-scented Mediterranean herb with blue-green leaves and yellow flowers
🇱🇹 Lithuania and 8 more · Wildflower
Paeonia peregrina
A wild red peony native to southeastern Europe and Turkey
🇷🇴 Romania and 7 more · Wildflower
CandytuftIberis
A group of sun-loving flowers often grown in rock gardens and borders
Iberis · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
A nodding blue or purple wildflower with spurred petals, known as granny’s bonnet
🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Wildflower
Verbena
A genus of small, spiked flowers grown in gardens and linked to ancient rituals
Verbena · Wildflower
Adey abebaBidens macroptera
The yellow eight-petalled flower of Ethiopia’s New Year
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Korean garden: DinkY2K at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Palmette: Lameiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Forget-me-not: Sedum Tauno Erik, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flame lily: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Paeonia peregrina: Димитър Найденов / Dimìtar Nàydenov, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pomegranate: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dianthus: Darkone ( talk · contribs ), CC BY-SA 1.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Water-lily family: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Anemone: Aviad2001, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Viburnum: Wouter Hagens, Public domain, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Hanakotoba: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chrysanthemum Throne: Prime Minister's official residence (首相官邸), CC BY 4.0, source
- History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
- Nosegay: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Laurel wreath: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Common poppy: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden: No machine-readable author provided. Bobanny assumed (based on copyrig, Public domain, source
- Columbine: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- language of flowers: Alphonse Mucha, Public domain, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Candytuft: Chrumps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Verbena: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common rue: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Adey abeba: (c) Luke Lythgoe, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, source
- Vanitas: Unknown, Public domain, source
- Still life: Willem Kalf, Public domain, source
- Bird-and-flower painting: Qian Xuan, Public domain, source
- Four Gentlemen: Sun Long (孫隆) and Chen Lu (陳錄), Public domain, source
- Three Friends of Winter: Zhao Mengjian 趙孟堅 b. 1199 - d. circa 1264, Public domain, source