A Blooming Renaissance

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.”

                                                                   -Michelangelo

The Renaissance was a time for people to truly explore themselves. The nature of the renaissance allowed people to be creative and think outside the box. During this time period, the people were traveling more which allowed them to experience more culture than what was around them. Thinking outside the box caused art to become 3-dimensional, communication was made better through the printing press, and people were more concerned with their decorum. 

Floral design is not something that is not talked about much but is painted a lot. Flowers were on paintings, pots, clothing, and more! The designs of flowers during the Renaissance time are still used to this day. The beginning of this time period, the flowers were more monochromatic, towards the end of the Renaissance, flowers began to show more triadic colors and elements of nature. 

To to this day, we still use a lot of the same flowers, colors, and elements that we have seen in the Renaissance. I have included a photo of an arrangement I made this summer that I feel represents a more modern Renaissance floral arrangement. 

I am definitely inspired by others around me when I create arrangements for weddings and events. This one pictured above was a wedding that wanted to be more grand and ornate in nature. They wanted to make a statement, so we looked around for inspiration on grand, statement floral pieces and found something to get me inspired to create this beauty!

Flowers have always been incorporated into artistic designs as a way to add color, texture and depth to paintings. They add to the beauty of their surroundings and don't always have to be the star of the show! You can see this come to fruition in Primavera by Botticelli, the goddess of Spring is s sprinkling flowers on the blossom-covered forest floor. There are a total of 190 blooms featured in this painting!

Although I didn't live in the Renaissance with Botticelli and all those that influenced him, I live now and definitely experience happiness from creating ornate designs and art in flowers, similar to artists in the renaissance experienced happiness through art back then!