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  • Thumbnail for Ornament (art)
    plaster or clay, or painted or impressed onto a surface as applied ornament; in other applied arts the main material of the object, or a different one such...
    25 KB (2,845 words) - 19:49, 26 July 2024
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    "Regularity in the facade, as opposed to building symmetry"; and (3) "No applied ornament". Rooted in the modernism movement, the International Style is closely...
    57 KB (5,044 words) - 19:52, 14 August 2024
  • overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line (or harmony), provide added interest and variety, and give the...
    29 KB (3,451 words) - 07:29, 20 August 2024
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    and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. Before the Industrial Revolution...
    3 KB (273 words) - 03:44, 24 July 2024
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    Greek architecture acanthus ornament appears extensively in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders, and applied to friezes, dentils and other...
    18 KB (1,797 words) - 08:25, 28 August 2024
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    The boteh (Persian: بته), is an almond or pine cone-shaped motif in ornament with a sharp-curved upper end. Though of Persian origin, it is very common...
    9 KB (786 words) - 16:28, 9 June 2024
  • Egyptian, Asian and in this case indigenous sources. The style emphasizes applied ornament, often in metalwork, together with extensive tilework and wall murals...
    4 KB (323 words) - 03:13, 11 September 2024
  • Composition ornament ("compo") is a mouldable thermoplastic compound, consisting of powdered chalk mixed with collagen (hide glue), resin (pine rosin)...
    2 KB (228 words) - 09:39, 27 November 2021
  • same ornament, or vice versa. Different ornament names can refer to an ornament from a specific area or time period. Understanding these ornaments is important...
    7 KB (937 words) - 18:13, 9 February 2024
  • of form and the absence of applied ornament. Postmodern architecture – has been described as the return of "wit, ornament and reference" to architecture...
    38 KB (4,281 words) - 06:17, 29 June 2024
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    eventually become his satirical essay/manifesto "Ornament and Crime", which rejects applied ornament in favour of abstraction. The New Munich Artist's...
    51 KB (5,907 words) - 06:09, 22 July 2024
  • clothing and home decorating is applied ornament such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. tulle Tulle is a netting...
    55 KB (8,052 words) - 10:28, 19 August 2024
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    It features a flat roof, smooth and uniform wall surfaces, lack of applied ornament, asymmetrical composition with an emphasis on horizontality, and projecting...
    3 KB (232 words) - 02:10, 7 January 2024
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    habitat design based largely on functional necessity with little or no applied ornament. In this sense space architecture as we know it shares the form follows...
    75 KB (8,892 words) - 00:20, 24 August 2024
  • concrete. Segmental arch on piers, 52 ft (16 m). Pleated parapet. Applied ornament in quarter-circle sunbursts and fountains. CT-76 705 Rippowam River...
    27 KB (238 words) - 15:23, 8 January 2023
  • pioneer modern colour theory, and his theories on flat patterning and ornament still resonate with contemporary designers today. He rose to prominence...
    22 KB (2,852 words) - 18:40, 14 July 2024
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    Arabesque (category Ornaments)
    lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised...
    38 KB (4,651 words) - 11:34, 17 August 2024
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    dormered mansard roofs, and multicolor slate shingles. The profusion of applied ornament well exemplifies "the High Victorian taste for leaving no surface areas...
    11 KB (1,088 words) - 05:34, 1 December 2023
  • where the ground is sunk round the letters so as to leave the letters or ornament in relief.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from...
    523 bytes (80 words) - 19:46, 12 June 2023
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    school of painting and sculpture and it also affected the standard of applied ornament in architecture and crafts. Most[citation needed] Irish artists of...
    21 KB (2,924 words) - 22:28, 3 September 2024
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