Floral timeline

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  • 2800 BCE

    Egyptians

    From 2800 B.C. to 28 B.C.
    • Used flowers for decorations,
  • Period: 2800 BCE to 28 BCE

    Egyptians

    From 2800 B.C. to 28 B.C.
    • Used flowers for decorations,
    garlands, wreaths and temple offerings
    • Utilized simplistic design principles
    – applied a particular pattern several times
    – example: a typical design consisted of a single flower with a single bud or leaf on either side repeated as a unit
  • 1775 BCE

    Baroque

    Baroque
    From 1600 to 1775
    • Also referred to as Flemish
    • Created symmetrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs
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  • Period: 600 BCE to 150 BCE

    Greeks

    Are known for creating triangular and symmetrical arrangements
    – consisted of one or a limited amount of colors • Commonly used the following flowers
    and plants for their arrangements:
  • 28 BCE

    Romans

  • Period: 28 BCE to 325

    Romans

    From 28 B.C. to 325 A.D.
    • Continued to use the same customs of the Greek period
    – designs of their garlands, wreaths and crowns were more elaborate
    • Used less graceful designs compared to the Greeks in baskets and cornucopias
    • Began the use of flowers for fragrant purposes
  • 220

    Byzantines

  • Period: 320 to 600

    Byzantines

    From 320 to 600 A.D.
    • Brought together Greek and Roman Period
    influences
    • Began to incorporate fruit within garlands
    • Placed arrangements in baskets, goblets or low containers
    – example: commonly designed trees using foliage and flowers with symmetrical principles in mind
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  • 600

    Greeks

    From 600 to 150 B.C.
    • Used flowers for adornment
    • Continued the use of wreaths and garlands • Created the “Horn of Plenty” or Cornucopia
  • 1215

    Magna Carta (history)

    Magna Carta, which means 'The Great Charter', is one of the most important documents in history as it established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king, and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice and the right to a fair trial.
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance

    From 1400 to 1600
    • Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors
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    – more naturalistic look
    • Used flowers for more than religious purposes
    • Introduced the Christmas wreath

  • WW2

    WW2
    DescriptionWorld War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances

  • Holocaust

    Holocaust
    DescriptionThe Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between 1941 and 1945, across German-occupied Europe, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.