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History of Floral Design

History of Floral Design. Why is it important?. To create arrangements with the feel of another time and place. To harmonize your arrangements with the time period of the room or building. Any other ideas?. 1. Egyptian Period: Design Characteristics. Design Characteristics:

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History of Floral Design

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  1. History of Floral Design

  2. Why is it important? • To create arrangements with the feel of another time and place. • To harmonize your arrangements with the time period of the room or building. • Any other ideas?

  3. 1. Egyptian Period: Design Characteristics • Design Characteristics: • Common types of designs were chaplets, wreaths, garlands • Designs were typically orderly with alternating patterns of flowers • Dominant colors were red, yellow, and blue

  4. Acacia Gladiolas Jasmine Lily Lupine Morning Glory Poppy Rose Lotus** Egyptian Period: Flowers (Pick 3 for your notes) • Containers were often made from pottery, gold, slate, or polished alabaster

  5. Ivy Laurel Oleander Figs Grapes Olives Palm Papyrus Peaches Plums Egyptian Period: Foliage & Fruit (Pick 3 for your notes)

  6. 2. Greek Period • Design Characteristics: • Not arranged in vases or bouquets • Design types often used were wreaths and garlands • The cornucopia was first introduced during this era • First to have professional florists

  7. Greek Period: Flowers • Crocus • Daisy • Honeysuckle

  8. Herbs Ivy Laurel Berries Oak Olive Acorns Grapes Greek Period: Foliage & Fruit

  9. 3. Roman Period • Design Characteristics: • Often used heavy & elaborate wreaths • Used fragrant flowers with bright colors • First use of natural bouquets

  10. 4. Byzantine Period • Design Characteristics: • Used symmetrical tree-like compositions • Changed construction of garlands to be narrow bands of flowers or fruit alternated with foliage

  11. 5. Middle Ages (476 - 1450 A.D.) • Design Characteristics: • Very little is known about floral art in this period • Fragrant flowers were highly favored for strewing on the ground, freshening the air, and making wreaths/garlands

  12. 6. RenaissancePeriod in Europe after Middle Ages • Interesting Facts: • Paintings from this period often show vases of flowers because flowers had great symbolism • ex: The rose symbolized sacred or profane love • ex: A white lily symbolized chastity and fertility

  13. Renaissance: Design Styles • Design Characteristics: • Single white lily placed in a jug is typical • Flowers arranged in vases so that only blossoms were visible • Massed, symmetrically stiff, compact arrangements common • Bright colors and forms of flowers were used as focus

  14. Anemone Campanula Carnations Iris Poppy Rose Lily Lily of the Valley Marigold Narcissus Pansy Violets Renaissance: Flowers

  15. Boxwood Cones Fruit Ivy Laurel Myrtle Olive Vegetables Renaissance: Foliage

  16. Renaissance: Containers • Elaborate metal containers with well formed bases, stems, necks, & handles popular • Some containers were made especially for flowers (ex: holes in a removable lid to hold flowers in place) • Urns made of pottery, marble, bronze, or glass

  17. 7. Baroque PeriodEra following the Renaissance in Europe • Interesting Facts: • Art is no longer just for the church or nobility, it is now accessible to the middle class • Paintings show arrangements in everyday settings • Design Characteristics: • Many interiors were overdecorated and gaudy • Designs became more creative and expressive

  18. Baroque Period: Containers • Massive and sturdy • Metal and stone urns • Chinese and Japanese vases, bowls, and flasks

  19. Carnations Cyclamen Foxglove Iris Larkspur Lilies Marigolds Roses Sunflowers Snowball Tulips Baroque Period: Flowers

  20. Leaves of flowers Coleus Olive Bold leaves Fruits/vegetables Birds’ nests Shells Insects Nuts, berries Baroque Period: Foliage & Accessories

  21. Hogarth Curve • Created by William Hogarth (1697-1764) • called 'Line of Beauty' • follows the shape of the letter S.  • The arrangement may be a line or massed line.

  22. 8. French Period (17th & 18th century France) • Also known as the “Grand Era” • Associated with the courtly life • Emphasis was on classic design, refinement, and elegance • Designs were often fan shaped and massed

  23. Acacia Aster Carnation Ferns Hyacinth Larkspur Lilacs Lilies Marigolds Pansy Poppy Roses Tulips French Period: Flowers & Foliage

  24. French Period: Containers • Elegant and ornate • Goblets and vases made of glass, ceramic, or porcelain • Classic urns

  25. 9. English-Georgian Period(18th century England) • Named for English Kings George I, II, & III • Fragrance was very important in flower selection because it was thought to rid disease • English created the nosegay to safeguard from illness

  26. English-Georgian Period(18th century England) Cont. • Flowers became part of fashion in hair, around necks, and in décolletage • Arrangements were formal & symmetrical • Often used bough pots

  27. Clover Geraniums Hibiscus Passion Flower Phlox Snowdrop Veronica English-Georgian: Flowers Used the same as the Baroque period but also included:

  28. English-Georgian: Containers • Wedgwood • Posy-holder vases • Urns made of pewter, sliver, or ceramics • Ceramic wall pockets • Enclosed bricks

  29. 11. Victorian Era • Named for Queen Victoria who reigned in England from 1837 to 1901 • Victorian interiors were lavishly decorated in heavy colors and patterns

  30. Victorian Era cont. • Time of great enthusiasm about flowers; floral design was taught and recognized as art • First attempt to establish rules for floral arranging

  31. Victorian Era: Design Characteristics • Described as grouping large masses of flowers, foliage, and grasses together to create a design with no center of interest • Usually round or oval shaped arrangements

  32. Victorian Era: Tuzzy Muzzy • Victorian bridal bouquet • popular arrangement that can be used for any occasion.  • a small, compact cluster of flowers with bound stems creating a round bouquet • can be designed to be hand-held or slipped into your favorite vase

  33. Bleeding Heart Camellias Carnations Dahlia Gardenia Hydrangea Lilies Poppies Roses Sweet Pea Tulips Violets Victorian Era: Flowers

  34. Ferns Grasses Dried Flowers Figurines Stuffed birds, butterflies Victorian greeting cards Victorian Era: Foliage & Accessories

  35. Victorian Era: Containers Metal, porcelain, ceramic, glass, and alabaster were popular materials Wall pockets Tuzzy-muzzy holders Vases of various shapes Urns & jugs

  36. 12. Early American Style • Focused on natural styles and arrangements • Wildflowers, grains, and grasses were often placed in everyday jugs and pitchers to make an arrangement

  37. 13. Colonial Williamsburg Style: 1714 - 1780 • Typical arrangements were massed, rounded, and fan shaped bouquets • Casual, open designs were popular

  38. 14. Neoclassic Style • Covered two time periods • Federal Period 1790 - 1825 • Greek Period 1825 - 1845 • Designs were typically broken from English tradition and were influenced by the French • Roses, geraniums, and trailing ivy were popular plant materials

  39. 15. American Federal Period:1780-1820 • Equivalent to the English Georgian period • Arrangement shape was often fan shaped, influenced by French design style.

  40. 16. American Victorian: 1845 - 1900 • Also called the Romantic era • Designs copied European Victorian styles • Epergnes were popular containers

  41. 17. Art Nouveau Period: 1890 - 1910 • Style was based on curvilinear lines and often patterned after nature in the shape of plants or flowers • Containers were curving and asymmetrical

  42. Art Deco Period: 1920’s & 30’s • Blending of influences including ancient Egyptian, Jazz age, and industrial age • Characterized by strong geometric lines and patterns • The style reemerged in the 1960’s

  43. 18. Free Form Expression: 1950’s • Arrangements were more expressive with feeling of movement and freedom • Textural differences between design materials were emphasized

  44. 19. Geometric Mass Design: 1960’s & 70’s • Tight, geometric bouquets were common • Arrangements combined mass and line into stiff patterns • Compote containers were commonly used

  45. Oriental Influence in Floral Design • Oriental influence placed emphasis on the individual form, texture, and color of plant material

  46. 20. Chinese vs. 21. Japanese Style Chinese • Chinese style is less stylized • Japanese style is very formal and follows strict rules of construction Japanese

  47. Japanese Floral Design

  48. Japanese: Ikebana • Ikebana is the art of arranging flowers aesthetically. • tries to represent the three elements sky (shin), earth (tai), and mankind (soe) in a well balanced relation Shin Soe Tai

  49. Chinese • Based on art of contemplation and meditation • Arrangements large symmetrical & simple • Used cut flowers sparingly • flowers were symbolic • Given women’s names because of femininity

  50. Chinese Floral Design

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