History floral design

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    Byzantines

    Byzantines
  • Period: 28 to 325

    Romans

    Continued to use the same customs of the Greek period. Used less graceful designs compared to the Greeks in baskets and cornucopias
  • Period: 320 to 600

    Byzantines

    Brought together Greek and Roman Period
    influences
    Began to incorporate fruit within garlands
    Placed arrangements in baskets, goblets or low containers
  • Period: 600 to 150

    Greeks

    Used flowers for adornment. Continued the use of wreaths and garlands. Created the “Horn of Plenty” or Cornucopia.
  • 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
  • 1400

    Ikebana

    Ikebana
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance

    Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors. Introduced Christmas wreath

  • Baroque

    Baroque
  • Period: to

    Baroque

    Also referred to as Flemish and
    Created symmetrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs
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  • Period: to

    Early American

    Created arrangements for personal
    Click to return to American adornment and decorations around the home.

  • Colonial Williamsburg’s

    Colonial Williamsburg’s
  • Period: to

    Colonial Williamsburg

    Placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan-shaped arrangements.Began to mix different floral bouquets together.

  • American federal

    American federal
  • Period: to

    American Federal

    Began to focus on the charm of an
    individual flower.Strayed away from large amounts of mixed floral bouquets

  • Victorian

    Victorian
  • Period: to

    Victorian

    Used foliage and grasses to contrast textures.Placed flowers in very low containers

  • Egyptians

    Egyptians
  • Period: to 28

    Egyptians

    Used flowers for decorations,
    garlands, wreaths and temple. Utilized simplistic design principles