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History of Floral Design

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  • 2800 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    Used flowers for decorations, garlands, wreaths and temple offerings. Utilized simplistic design principles.
  • Period: 2800 BCE to 28 BCE

    Egyptians

  • Period: 2800 BCE to 28 BCE

    Egyptians

  • 600 BCE

    Greeks

    Greeks
    Used flowers for adornment. Created the “Horn of Plenty” or cornucopia.
  • Period: 600 BCE to 150 BCE

    Greeks

  • 28 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    Continued to use the same custom of the Greek period. Began the use of flowers for fragrant purposes.
  • Period: 28 BCE to 325

    Romans

  • 320

    Byzantines

    Byzantines
    Brought together Greek and Roman Period influences. Placed arrangements in baskets, goblets, or low containers.
  • Period: 320 to 600

    Byzantines

  • 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors, more naturalistic look. Used flowers for more than realistic purposes.
  • 1400

    Flemish

    Flemish
    Created oval shape with mismatched flowers. Arrangements commonly use urns as a base.
  • Period: 1400 to

    Renaissance

  • Period: 1400 to

    Flemish

  • Baroque

    Baroque
    Shifted to asymmetrical designs. Marked the beginning of the Hogarth curve, or S-curve.
  • Period: to

    Baroque

  • Early American

    Early American
    Created arrangements for personal adornment and decorations around the house. Used any flower available and placed all arrangements into household containers.
  • Period: to

    Early American

  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Colonial Williamsburg
    Placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan-shaped arrangements. Began to mix different flor bouquets together.
  • Period: to

    Colonial Williamsburg

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    Used foliage and grasses to contrast. Placed flowers in very low containers.
  • Period: to

    Victorian

  • Period: to

    American Civil War

    America breaks into the north and south. Cause of war was slavery.
  • Period: to

    World War 1

    Contemporaneously known as the Great War or "the war to end all wars". Ended in Germany paying up.
  • Period: to

    Prohibition

    Nationwide constitutional ban on alcohol. Amendment gets repealed after the ban failed.
  • Period: to

    World War 2

    It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
  • Period: to

    COVID-19 pandemic

    A virus that originated in China, began to spread like a wildfire to the rest of the world.

  • Egyptians

    Egyptians
    Used flowers for decorations, garlands, wreaths, and temple offerings. Utilized simplistic design principles.