Flowers and Religion

5/3/2014

Today I have been researching the meanings behind flowers that also have a religious link.

 

Although there is not a religious flower within every religion they are used in various other religious ritual performances such as weddings and also funerals. From my visit to the church they had the lily flower on show that represents Christianity and is associated with the Virgin Mary. There is also various other religions that use flowers within there religions. Hindus are infatuated with flowers, using them within worship and in portrayals of the divine, the lotus is there religious flower representing eternity, purity and is used as a symbol of life. Within my sampling I am going to create visual outcomes experimenting with different materials and techniques of religious flowers.