Why is ikebana considered an art?
Ikebana is an art because, like other arts, it has defined principles, methods, and styles. It employs plant materials and, in modern arrangements, non-living elements, to create suggestive artistic pieces. The combination of lines, shapes, textures, and colors produce the same feelings one has in the presence of any work of art. Harmonious relationships between elements and the evocation of nature’s beauty are hallmarks of ikebana. Generally speaking, ikebana arrangements focus on lines. Traditional styles are based on triangular compositions with three predominate branches or flowers symbolizing heaven, earth, and humankind. Expert arrangers deftly use the natural qualities of stems, leaves, and flowers to build the lines and drama of an arrangement. Avant-garde styles, like other forms of modern art, tend to break the rules. The styles of ikebana are associated with schools that originated under an ikebana master.
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