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Period: 2800 BCE to 28
egyptians
from 2800 b.c to 28 b.c, they used flowers for decorations,garlands,wreaths and temple offerings, also utilized simplistic design principles. -
Period: 1600 BCE to
baroque
created symmertrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs -
Period: 1400 BCE to 1600 BCE
renaissance
created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors, used flowers for more than religious purposes, and introduced the christmas wreath -
Period: 1400 BCE to 1700 BCE
flemish
flourished from 1400 to 1700 and inspired by flemish paintings -
Period: 600 BCE to 150 BCE
greeks
they used flowers for adornment and continued the use of wreaths and garlands, they also created the 'horn of plenty' or cornucopia -
Period: 320 BCE to 600 BCE
byzantines
brought together greek and roman period influences and began to incorporate fruit within garlands, also placed arrangements in baskets, goblets or low containers -
Period: 28 BCE to 325 BCE
romans
continued to use the same customs of the greek period and began the use of flowers for fragrant purposes -
Period: to
early american
created arrangements for personal adornment and decorations around the home, and used any flower available and placed all arrangements into household containers -
Period: to
colonial williamsburg
placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan-shaped arrangements and began to mix differnt floral bouquets together -
Period: to
american federal
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 -
Period: to
victorian
used foliage and grasses to contrast textures, placed floweres in very low containers, upper-class show of wealth -
Period: to
modern
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