The English colonists who settled in America ignored floral arrangements for a long time till they could establish a life of sophistication and culture. Only then did they seriously take up the art of floral arrangements. The Colonial Williamsburg style combined the styles used in Louis V’s court and the Georgian period to create bouquets […]
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The European Renaissance revitalized all art, and with them, the art of floral decoration. Most arrangements of this time were large, tall, symmetrical and conical in shape. A large mass of flowers were arranged carefully so as to make them look uncrowded, and heavy and tall containers were preferred. It was usual to use bright […]
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The Egyptian royals made extensive use of flowers in their lives. Roses, poppies, violets, lotus, water lilies and other plants were used both fresh and dried and made into arrangements with stem support. The lotus blossom was especially important as a mourning tribute as it was the sacred flower of Ra, the Sun god. […]
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The Chinese were the first ones to put flowers in water, instead of simply making garlands or braiding them. Considering it irreverent to place flowers carelessly before the Buddha, Chinese priests began arranging them into symbolic representations in bronze ceremonial vases. They even mastered the art of drying flowers and using dried blossoms to do […]
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Flowers have been admired for their beauty and used as a means of personal expression throughout the history of mankind. The first probable usage of flowers was seen in the Paleolithic Age in burial sites. There have been evidences of a vast cluster of pollen of local plant species at a Paleolithic burial site in […]
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