ARCHITECTURE / Decoration & Ornament

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

District Chakwal, located in the north of the Punjab Province, encompasses a rich cultural profile from the Stone Age to the Colonial era. The current paper focuses on the Nakkah temple, situated in the town of Bhoun of district Chakwal. The temple’s architecture looks simple, however the fresco paintings on the inside are very detailed, and the Gurmukhi inscription on the outside is both carved and painted. These f…

Reference · Wikidata

decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in decorative art are excluded from the term; most ornaments do not include human figures, and if present they are small compared to the overall scale. Architectural ornament can be carved from stone, wood or precious metals, formed w…

Image · Europeana

Full text · Open Library

This highly influential book, long a classic in its field, includes all 100 original color plates from a rare Victorian edition. Among the nearly 3,000 royalty-free designs are exquisite Greek and Roman borders and mosaics, Celtic designs taken from manuscripts, motifs from medieval paintings and stained glass, and floral patterns from Chinese porcelain.

Image · DPLA

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