CHAPTER 1HISTORY OF FLORAL DESIGN

Egyptian Period Container –

wide mouth basin

Lotus Flower – Water Lily - Sacred

Garlands and flower collars

Used Flowers as decorations

Vases were called faience

Greek Period Wreath around

head – given to heroes, poets, athletes, leaders, soldiers

Vases not commonly used to hold flowers

Petals were commonly scatted on the ground

Cornucopia – Horn of Plenty – used upright, now we use it on it’s side.

Roman Period Wreath and

Garlands – heavy and elaborate

Liked fragrant flowers

First used mixed flowers in basket

Rose used because of their fragrance

Naturalistic flower bouquets used

Byzantine Period Symmetrical

designs Trees shaped

arrangements Biedermeier

arrangements

Middle Ages – 476 – 1450 A.D.

Not much known

Flowers were used in food, drink and medicine

Fragrant flowers were favored

Renaissance (14th Century) Flourishing of Art

– very religious Rose meant love

and sacred White lily meant

fertility, purity and virginity (Known as the Madonna lily)

Flowers in paintings – white lily

Dutch Flemish Period First to do Art Deco Flowers were no longer

for just the church and nobility, but for the middle class.

Wild Lines in designs Used Tulips Hogarth curve designs A great variety of

flowers in one vase arrangement

Common vases were ewers – water pitchers

French Period

Mass and Fan Shapes

Designs were large scale

Centerpiece

English – Georgian Period Fragrant very

important Believed that

fragrant would rid the air of contagious and infectious diseases.

Nosegay - Tussie Mussies

Corsages and Boutonnieres came from this period

Bud Vases First to introduce

formal centerpieces

Victorian Period Lavish decorations, heavy

color and patterns First to establish rule to

designing an arrangement Women were the first to be

designers Large mass – Very Compact

Arrangements Added Fruits and Vegetables Men started bringing women

flowers in courtship – posy holders (Bouquets)

Men and women wore bosom bottles (Corsages and boutonnieres)

Oriental Period China and

Japan Line very

important Ikebana

Influence – very few flowers are used

American Period Early American – focus

was not on flowers, but herbs, and food.

Colonial – Round – Williamsburg arrangements

Fruits and vegetables were used in arrangements

Art Deco Free Form Geometric mass

Design Contemporary Design

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