If you’re wanting to decorate your home with beauty, then floral tapestries can help you achieve this.
There are a few different styles of floral tapestry art which you can use.
These wall hangings can have a great impact on your decor and have friends and guests comment.
What are these top styles?
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Let’s have a look:
Traditional Floral Tapestry
This style of this tapestry is based on a traditional approach to tapestry art with a rustic feel.
The pieces here suit a country style of decor and a simplicity that lets the colors and forms of the rendition of flowers speak for itself.
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These works are almost an illustrative approach, yet their use of contrast which is accentuated by the fact that their color palette is more subtle, is what draws the eye to the beauty of nature.
Floral tapestries were used to bring an element of beauty and nature into the home, and is still used for that purpose.
The presence of a floral tapestry in a room is unique.
Dutch and Italian Master Flower Painters
These works display the careful attention to form and color from the perspective of these master painters, who are masters of he use of light.
The master Dutch painters specialized in flowers and still lifes, and more recently, contemporary artists inspired by this style have produced flower tapestries that reflect this style.
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The master painters of flowers in the 17th to 18th century such as Ruysch or van Huysum, concentrated on the realism of flowers in its details as well as a slightly romanticised view from a composition perspective.
The use of butterflies and other objects for example look beautiful though they may not represent the real image in front of the painter at the moment in time when the piece was created.
Nevertheless it is said that these scenes evoke feelings of fantasy when looked upon by the viewer which adds to their appeal.
It is as if a distinct moment in time was captured.
The moment the artist was contemplating and seeing the flowers in front of him or her, and this moment is for us to share, thanks to the use of art tapestries.
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Floral tapestries have an appeal to the senses as well as to the imagination because of this.
Modern and contemporary artists reflecting this style such as Bianci, de Villeneuve have created works with masterful use of color, light and composition that rivals that of the 17th to 18th century painters.
Botanical Studies of Flowers
These floral tapestries show works which are considered botanical studies of flowers.
Some were part of publications with art plates of flowers which were as valuable as botanical studies as they are works of art.
They are fascinating works because of their appeal to our analytical as well as our creative selves:
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These works are curious in that they are scientifically accurate and detailed yet have an artistry that is provide for by the beauty and geometry of the flowers themselves.
Such works are like a breath of fresh air as they hold that space that balances science and art.
They provide superb detail to fascinate the viewer, yet of course remains a work of art in itself.
In fact, many sciences including botany and cartography were scientists who produced beautiful art work to present and record their findings to the rest of the scientific community.
They are simply beautiful to look at.
Still Life Tapestries of Fruit and Flowers
They both represent the two main subjects of still life artists over time.
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Still lifes of fruit and flowers are combined to great effect when in the same room or home.
They are a celebration of life and of the life giving forces of nature represented by its beautiful fruits of fruit and flowers.
Subjects from nature provide beauty, and fruit, along with flowers are natural cousins in still life art from ancient civilizations, through the Renaissance, 19th century, and to modern times.
To decorate your home with floral tapestries, the steps are simple.
1. Choose a floral tapestry that you like.
2. Measure the wall space to ensure the tapestry or floral wall hanging will fit.
3. Select a tapestry rod and tassel if desired.
4. Install the tapestry rod and tapestry according to the instructions provided.
5. Enjoy the beauty the floral still life tapestry brings to the home and have your friends and guests enjoy it too.
