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History of floral design

By Ale746
  • 2800 BCE

    Egyptian Period

    Egyptian Period
    In this period the utilization of geometric or fan like shapes was popular, they used things like fruit, leaves, feathers, and foliage to create arrangement that would then be places in a vase
  • 600 BCE

    Greek period

    Greek period
    They used flowers, they made wreaths and often used symmetrical arrangements.
  • 320 BCE

    Byzantines

    Byzantines
    Incorporated fruit within garlands, placed arrangements in baskets or containers
  • 28 BCE

    Roman

    Roman
    Less graceful than Greeks, used flowers for fragrance purposes
  • 1200

    Gothic period

    Gothic period
    Featured tall arrangements, used flowers and herbs, minimal amount of flowers
  • 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Created large symmetrical arrangements with bright colors, used flowers for more than religious purposes, Christmas wreath

  • Baroque

    Baroque
    Created symmetrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs, utilized large containers

  • Early American

    Early American
    Created arrangements for personal adornment and decorations around the home, used any flower available

  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Colonial Williamsburg
    Placed grasses, flowers, and foliage into fan shaped arrangements

  • American federal

    American federal
    Began to focus on the charm of an individual flower, used fewer flowers, strayed from big bouquets

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    Used foliage and grasses to contrast textures, placed flowers in low containers

  • Modern

    Modern
    Combined line elements from Japanese and mass designs from Europeans, started using containers specifically made for flowers