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2800 BCE
Egyptian
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Period: 2800 BCE to 28 BCE
Egyptian
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 -
600 BCE
Greek
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Period: 600 BCE to 150 BCE
Greeks
Used flowers for adornment -
28 BCE
Roman
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Period: 28 BCE to 325
Roman
Used less graceful designs compared to the Greeks in baskets and cornucopias -
1 CE
Japenese
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Period: 1 CE to 1 CE
Japenese
Applied the six canons, or principles, created by Hsieh Ho including:
– rhythm
– organic form
– trueness to nature
– color
– placement of the object in the field – style
• Have two different styles – Rikkwa
– Ikebana -
1400
Renaissance
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Period: 1400 to
Renaissance
• Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors
Click to return to European
– more naturalistic look -
Baroque
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Period: to
Baroque
• Created symmetrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs -
Early American
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Period: to
Early American
Used any flower available and placed all arrangements into household containers -
American Federal
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Period: to
American Federal
Began to focus on the charm of an
individual flower
• Strayed away from large amounts of mixed floral bouquets
• Used fewer flowers in containers -
Victorian
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Period: to
Victorian
Used foliage and grasses to contrast textures • Placed flowers in very low containers -
Modern
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Period: to
Modern
Began current practices around 1910
• Also known as the Contemporary Florists
• Combined line elements from the Japanese and mass designs from the Europeans
• Marked the beginning of a container
made specifically to hold flowers and small bouquets
