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    In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental...
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  • Look up ornament in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ornament is something used for decoration. Ornament may also refer to: Ornament (art), any purely...
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    "Ornament and Crime" is an essay and lecture by modernist architect Adolf Loos that criticizes ornament in useful objects. Contrary to popular belief that...
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    Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque...
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  • qualities Ornament (architecture), a decorative detail used to embellish parts of a building or interior furnishing Ornament (art) Ornament (music), musical...
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  • three-dimensional image in a single picture by superimposing a pair of pictures Ornament (art) carved in low relief Glyph (disambiguation) This disambiguation page...
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    to make foliage ornament and decoration in the architectural tradition emanating from Greece and Rome. In architecture, an ornament may be carved into...
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    lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised...
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    A concho or concha is a typically oval silver ornament found in Native American art. Conchos are most closely associated with the Navajo people, with...
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    broad-strand ribbon interlace ornament bearing a "striking resemblance" to the earliest types of knotwork found in the Insular art manuscripts of Ireland and...
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