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from 2800 b.c to 28 b.c, they used flowers for decorations,garlands,wreaths and temple offerings, also utilized simplistic design principles.
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created symmertrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs
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created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors, used flowers for more than religious purposes, and introduced the christmas wreath
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flourished from 1400 to 1700 and inspired by flemish paintings
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they used flowers for adornment and continued the use of wreaths and garlands, they also created the 'horn of plenty' or cornucopia
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brought together greek and roman period influences and began to incorporate fruit within garlands, also placed arrangements in baskets, goblets or low containers
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continued to use the same customs of the greek period and began the use of flowers for fragrant purposes
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created arrangements for personal adornment and decorations around the home, and used any flower available and placed all arrangements into household containers
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placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan-shaped arrangements and began to mix differnt floral bouquets together
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began to focus on the charm of an individual flower and strayed away from large amounts of mixed floral bouquets and used fewer flowers in containers
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used foliage and grasses to contrast textures, placed floweres in very low containers, upper-class show of wealth
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began current practices around 1910, also known as the contemporary florists and combined line elements from the japanese and mass designs from the europeans, marked the beginning of a container made specifically to hold flowers small bouquets