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  2. History of flower arrangement - Wikipedia

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    Flemish arrangements (1600–1750) The baroque arrangements in the Dutch-Flemish style were more compact and proportioned. Their major characteristic was the variety of flowers within the bouquet. French arrangements (1600–1814) During the French Baroque period, a soft, almost fragile appeal became a major characteristic of floral design.

  3. Narcissus in culture - Wikipedia

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    Although there is no clear evidence that the flower's name derives directly from the Greek myth, this link between the flower and the myth became firmly part of western culture. The narcissus or daffodil is the most loved of all English plants, [64] and appears frequently in English literature.

  4. Fleuron (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A fleuron is a flower-shaped ornament, [1] and in architecture may have a number of meanings: It is a collective noun for the ornamental termination at the ridge of a roof, such as a crop, finial or épi. It is also a form of stylised Late Gothic decoration in the form of a four-leafed square, often seen on crockets and cavetto mouldings.

  5. Acanthus (ornament) - Wikipedia

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    The Roman writer Vitruvius (c. 75 – c. 15 BC) related that the Corinthian order had been invented by Callimachus, a Greek architect and sculptor who was inspired by the sight of a votive basket that had been left on the grave of a young girl. A few of her toys were in it, and a square tile had been placed over the basket, to protect them from ...

  6. Rosette (design) - Wikipedia

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    The formalised flower motif is often carved in stone or wood to create decorative ornaments for architecture and furniture, and in metalworking, jewelry design and the applied arts to form a decorative border or at the intersection of two materials. Rosette decorations have been used for formal military awards.

  7. Antheia - Wikipedia

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    Her name Antheia is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἄνθος means "flower" or "blossom". Her symbols are gold colored items. She was known to the Romans as Anthea. Her center of worship was on the island of Crete. The name Antheia was also given to Hera and connected to the Horae, [2] under which she had a temple at Argos. [3]

  8. Cosmos (plant) - Wikipedia

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    The generic name Cosmos derives either from the Greek κόσμος (cosmos) ‘(ordered) world’ -in reference to the neat, orderly arrangement of the floral structures [5] - or the Greek κόσμημα (kósmima) ‘jewel’ - in reference to the jewel-like colours of the capitula (composite flowers).

  9. Narcissus (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Narcissus is a genus of perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes, which die back after flowering to an underground storage bulb.They regrow in the following year from brown-skinned ovoid bulbs with pronounced necks, and reach heights of 5–80 centimetres (2.0–31.5 in) depending on the species.

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