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Period: 300 to
European Periods
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Sep 3, 700
Middle Ages
The time period was about 476-1450 A.D -
Sep 3, 700
Middle Ages
There containers or as we call them vases were made of chinese porcelain and were decorated with birds, lions and dragons, they were also very inexpensive. -
Sep 3, 700
Middle Ages
There flowers were used for many things. For example, they were used to make foods, drinks and medicine. They were also used grown and cultivated -
Sep 3, 700
Middle Ages
There flowers were use to freshen the air. They were also used for being scattered on the floor. -
Sep 3, 1100
Renaissance
There time period began in the 14th Century in Italy and spread through Europe. -
Sep 3, 1100
Renaissance
Arrangments in this time period were large, tall, pyramidal, and symmetrically balanced. -
Sep 3, 1100
Renaissance
There were always brilliant colors that would be used. -
Sep 3, 1100
Renaissance
Design Styles:
-All blossoms were visible
-Massive metal urns would be used in arrangments -
Sep 3, 1100
Renaissance
Emphasis on Symbolism:
-White Lily -Chasity and Fertility
-Roses-Sacred or Profane love -
Sep 3, 1500
Baroque Period
During this time period the flower arrangments became more creative and expressive. -
Sep 3, 1500
Baroque Period
There flowers would always be overflowed and massed. They would use curved lines (ex.shaped as an S), instead of a straight. -
Sep 3, 1500
Baroque Period
The time period was the 17th-18th Century -
Greek
The time period was from 600 to 146 B.C -
Greek Period
Wreaths were worn by all Greeks during special events. They were worn by athletes to symoblize victory, and each flower symbolized a God. -
Greek Period
The Greeks did not arrange flowers into vases or into bouquets. Instead they scattered flowers on to the ground. -
French Period
The time period was from the 17th to the 18th Century -
French Period
They emphasized the classic design, refinement, as well as elegance. They used fan shaped designs and Massive flower arrangments. -
French Period
Vases
- They were highly decorative
- Made of porcelain (very delicate, but inexpensive) -
Eniglish-Georgian Period
The time period was the 18th century
Named for the English King, George -
English- Georgian Period
The English created the nosegay and tussy-mussy to safeguard from smell for people who were allergic to flowers as well as from illness. -
English-Georgian Period
They made small handheld bouqets for weddings for the bridesmades and flower girls. There vases were made to hold these flowers. -
Victorian Era
The time period was from 1837-1901 A.D.
Named for Queen Victoria -
Victorian Era
During this time period the nosegay became very populary when the English-Georgian introduced it. -
Victorian Era
There flower arrangments were generally asymmetrical with no focal point. Towards the end they were the first to establish rules on floral floral arrangments. -
Victorian Era
Schoold of Floral Design emerged
- Requires by "Cultured Girls" -
Modern America
The time period was 1917-present -
Modern America
The Modern America changes very little in the early years. -
Modern America
In the Modern times, corsages became popular in the 1920s.