History of Floral Design

By jackie10145
  • 476

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    476-1450
    little is known
    Flowers were grown and cultivated
    Used to freshen the air
    Containers were made of chinese porcalain and decorated with birds and dragons
  • Sep 3, 1200

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    14th century
    Beginning in Italy and Spain through Europe
    Art represented religious history
    Brilliant colors were used
    Arrangements were large, tall, pyramidal, and symmetrically balanced
  • Sep 3, 1200

    Renaissance: Design and style

    All blossoms were visible
    Massive metal urns were used in the arrangements
  • Sep 3, 1400

    Baroque Period

    Baroque Period
    14th century
    Common people could afford flowers
    Designs became more creative and expressive
    Curved lines rather than straight
    Massed and overflowing Hogarth curve: William Hogarth/ Asymmetrical/ 'S' shaped
  • Sep 3, 1400

    Baroque: Dutch Femish Style

    Varity of flowers in one arrangement
    Curvy lines
    Taller than the height of the container
    To combine mass ans line arrangements to make line mass designs

  • French Period

    French Period
    17th and 18 century
    "grand era"
    emphasized classic design, refinement, and elegance
    Fan shaped and massive
    Feminine appeal

  • French: Vases

    Highly decorative
    Made of porcelaine

  • English-Georgian Period

    English-Georgian Period
    Named for the english king, George
    18th century
    English created the nosegay and tussymussy to safeguard from illness
    Small hand held bouquet
    Vases were made to hold these flowers

  • Victorian Era

    Victorian Era
    Named for queen victoria
    1837-1901
    Designs were poor
    Generally asymmetrical with no focal point
    Towards the end, they were 1st to establish rules on flower arranging
    Schools for floral design emerged

  • Victorian: Flowers

    made artificial flowers
    Nose-gay became very popular with people that were allergic to the flowers

  • Greek Period

    Greek Period
    600-146 B.C.E
    Did not arrange flowers in vases or bouquets
    Flowers were scattered on the ground
    Wreaths worn by all greeks during special events and presented to famous ahletes
    Flowers represented a god

  • Modern America

    Modern America
    1917- present
    changes very little in the early years
    corsages became very popular in the 1920s
    Results of a designers individual expression and requires a creative mind
  • Period: to

    European Period