The flower art of Japan
By: Mary Averill
Edition: Dover edition.
Publisher: Dover Publications; Dover
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780486824185
Subjects: Japanese Flower arrangement; Flower arrangement
Description: About Japanese style flower arranging, or ikebana.
Notes: Originally published: New York : John Lane Company, 1915.
Table of contents: title: Choice of flowers; title: Rules in rhyme; title: Forming mental line pictures; title: Practical suggestions; title: One-flower arrangements; title: Short-stem flowers; title: Hanging and hooked arrangements; title: Boat arrangements; title: New and old forms of flower holders; title: Arrangements in shallow vases; title: Importance of branches; title: Proper use of foliage; title: Proper placing of flowers; title: Flower placing in Japan; title: Combining different varieties of flowers; title: Flowers in baskets; title: Flower preservatives; title: Proper use of vases; title: Flower ceremony; title: Symbolism in flower arranging.