Historical Styles
This style of art features portraits with flowers that don't bloom at the same time
Flemish
During the colonial period, these were often placed on the dining table around the floral centerpeice
fruit and flowers
Also accepted: dried flowers and grasses were included IN fresh arrangements
American gardeners and botanists kept up correspondence with European nurserymen and traded this. Name 2
Information, plants, and seeds
Style characterized by modern, natural appearance. Arrangements became more expressive with feelings of movement and freedom.
Free-form expression
This style used in America, copied Europe
Victorian
Colonists mainly focused on gardening, so this is what they would put in vases.
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wildflowers, grains, grasses
Due to active trading and economic development, these showed more diversity
early american containers / vases
Also considered moderneistic, a blend of several influences, and characterized by strong streamlined geometric lines, forms, and patterns (zigsag, pyramid, sunburst)
Art Deco
The arrangements of this time period/style is massed, rounded, or fan-shaped bouquets that are casual, open, and homespun
Colonial
Following the Revolutionary war, these styles were revived in protest of Europe
Federal and Greek
advances in flower production provided this change to many flowers. This change made it easier to use them in arrangements
increased stem length
This style of arrangements combine mass and line, symmetrical and asymmetrical forms in stiff vertical or horizontal lines.
Tightly packed, reminiscent of colonial style
Geometric mass design
This style's main theme was curvilinear lines, nature, the shape of plants or flowers, and the human form.
often arranges asymmetrically.
Art Nouveau
Early colonists used to use these as vases before modern commerce. Name 2
jugs, pottery pitchers, pewter and copper kettles, pans
Prior to 1912, almost any kind of flowers grouping (arranged or not) was called this
flower bouquet
Even the 1900's, florists were asked to make one-of-a-kind designs. Name one of the most notorious designs that was named in the text.
swan-like design, 10' high basket for President Roosevelt, bud vasse of dollar bills, technically accurate replica saddle, surprize box
Art Deco could often be seen incorporating this
driftwood, figurines, anthuriums
These flower arrangements were common for people to have in their homes for parties ever since the victorian era.
Table arrangements, table runners
In the '20s commercial floristry saw a trend in baskets. They were given for these events (name 1 of 2)
Birth, Harvest
Novelty arrangements like this became trendy and popular in the '30s, and is characterized by water. (revival of aquatic bouquet)
Submerged flowers, bubble bowl flowers,