History of Floral design timeline

By Allierayborn
  • Period: 1600 BCE to 1775 BCE

    Baroque

    Influence of artists
    •The “S” curve or Hogarth curve
    •Lavish designs--bright colors
    •Large, overly proportioned designs in big, heavy containers
    •Not for church or nobility any longer—middle class could have flowers—due to trading and redistribution of wealth with new world
  • Period: 1550 BCE to 1760 BCE

    Dutch-Flemish

    Holland and Belgium
    •Tulip imported from Turkey
    •New flowers-- particularly “out of season” greenhouse grown flowers
    •Paintings included composite groups of flowers—painted during different seasons
    •Terra-cotta
    •Age of great scientific, botanical and horticultural discoveries
    •Delftware-copied Chinese porcelain vases in blue and white but less expensive—named after Netherland city where it was invented
  • Period: 1400 BCE to 1600 BCE

    RENAISSANCE

    Resurgence and flourishing of the arts
    •Religious symbolism
    •7 flowers representing the 7 stations of the cross
    •Seven fully-opened columbine flowers represent the seven gifts of the holy spirit—wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, true godliness and holy fear
    •purity represented by certain flowers—usually the white lily (Virgin Mary) because it appeared in so many Annunciation paintings, it soon became known as the Madonna Lily •rose represented sacred or profane love
  • 700 BCE

    Japanese

    Japanese
    Applied the six cannons or principles, created by hsieh ho including rhythm organic form trueness to nature color placement of the object in the field and styles. They had 2 different styles nkkwa and ikebana
  • 600 BCE

    GREEK (CLASSICAL)

    GREEK (CLASSICAL)
    Garlands-exchanged by lovers, worn at weddings and hung on door to denote the birth of a son
    •Wreaths-a symbol of allegiance and dedication
    •rewarded to athletes, poets, civic leaders and victorious soldiers and sailors
    •Cornucopia --symbol of abundance
    •Scattered petals
    •Mythology
    •Chaplet-head piece
    •Professional flower makers and sellers
  • Period: 320 BCE to 600 BCE

    BYZANTINE

    Garlands of fruit
    •Symmetrical conical designs with concentric rings of fruit, stones, jewels, metals.

    •Tree compositions
  • 28 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    The used flower for decoration, garlands, wreaths, and temple offerings. They used simplistic design principles, applied a particular pattern several times, they made use of the flowers lotus, roses, acacia,narcissus, jasmine, poppies, water lillies, violets, and madonnas.
  • Period: 28 BCE to 325

    Roman

    Continued the use of garlands and wreaths (fuller, wider)
    •Day to day life and celebrations
    •Rose petals piled on floor
    •Nero and Cleopatra used them extravagantly
    •during festivities lavish and fantastic strewn on banquet tables and couches, streets and lakes
    •Grew roses among hot water pipes to supply all demand
    •Sachet
    •Fragrance

  • FRENCH ROCOCO

    FRENCH ROCOCO
    Louis XIV mistress-Antoinette Poisson, the Marquis do Pompadour had great influence.

    •Asymmetrical, curvilinear, formal crescent (C curve)
    •“Rock and shell” curving lines
    •Predominant subtle colors: apricot, peach, cream, rose, gray, sage green, yellow, beige, turquoise, and powder blue
    •Delicate accessories
  • Period: to

    French baroque

    Louis XIV--effeminate extravagance
    •Art evolved around the aristocracy
    •Topiary balls or trees
    •Chateau of Versailles
    •large rooms decorated with elaborate wood and stone carvings
    •marble fireplaces and floors
    •decorative flower arrangements large in scale
    •Enormous conservatory
    •stored 3000 orange trees during the winter using hothouses to supply indoor plants for massive decoration