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decorative arts, term referring to a variety of applied visual arts, both two- and three-dimensional, including textiles, metalwork, ceramics, books, and woodwork, as well as to certain aspects of architecture (see ornament ornament, in architecture, decorative detail enhancing structures. Structural ornament, an integral part of the framework, includes the shaping and placement of the buttress , cornice , molding , ceiling, and roof and the capital and other elements of the column, as ..... Click the link for more information. ), public buildings, and private houses (see interior decoration interior decoration, adornment of the interior of a building, public or domestic, comprising interior architecture, finishing, and furnishings. Asian and classical cultures used the decorative arts to create elaborate interiors, and they originated forms extensively ..... Click the link for more information. ). It is also applied to numerous household objects that have surfaces suitable for ornamental design design, plan or arrangement of line, form, mass, color, and space in a pattern. A design may be created to serve a functional purpose as in architecture and in industrial designs or else purely to provide aesthetic pleasure. ..... Click the link for more information. ; to ecclesiastical vestments and appurtenances; and to personal apparel and belongings, including costumes, jewelry, goldwork and silverware, arms and armor, tools, saddles, and automobiles. decorative artsArts concerned with the design and decoration of objects that are utilitarian rather than purely aesthetic, including ceramics, glassware, basketry, jewelry, metalwork, furniture, and textiles. The separation of the decorative arts from the fine arts is a modern distinction. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A provider of high-end home fabrics, Baranzelli Home will move into 2,150 s/f of space in the heart of the Decorative Arts District. Parker III, who directs the whole system, decided to place European painting, sculpture, and decorative arts together with the museum's extensive graphic-arts collection in the appropriately academic setting of the Legion. Corrigan serves on the board of the AIDS Research Alliance of America and is a member of the Los Angeles County Museum Decorative Arts Council and the Los Angeles Music Center Fraternity of Friends. |
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