style of ornamentation

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• ornamentation — /awr neuh men tay sheuhn, meuhn /, n. 1. the act of ornamenting. 2. the state of being ornamented. 3. something with which a thing is ornamented; embellishment. 4. ornaments collectively. [1850 1855] * * * I In architecture, applied embellishment …   Universalium

• Style galant — Der galante Stil ist eine musikalische Stilrichtung ab dem 2. Viertel des 18. Jahrhunderts am Übergang vom Barock zur Klassik. Der Begriff bezeichnet eher eine Schreibart als eine Epochenbezeichnung. Der galante Stil entstand schon im Spätbarock… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Directoire style — Style of dress, furniture, and ornament popular in France during the Directory, 1795–99. Dress for men mixed the ancient and contemporary: high boots, vests, open coats, top hats. Women s fashions featured dresses with long sleeves and V… …   Universalium

• Biedermeier style — Style of German and Austrian art, furniture, and decoration that developed с 1815 to 1848. Gottlieb ( Papa ) Biedermeier was a fictional cartoon character, the comic symbol of middle class comfort, with an emphasis on family life and the pursuit… …   Universalium

• Regency style — Style in the decorative arts and architecture produced in England during the regency (1811–20) and reign (1820–30) of George IV. Designers borrowed both structural and ornamental elements from Greek and Roman antiquity. Egyptian motifs, inspired… …   Universalium

• Queen Anne style — n. 〚after ANNE2 (1665 1714), queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702 14)〛 1. a style of English architecture of the early 18th cent., characterized by construction in red brick, forms modified from classical architecture, and simple, elegant,… …   Universalium

• Polish Cathedral style — Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Polish Hill in Pittsburgh The Polish Cathedral architectural style is a North American genre of Catholic church architecture found throughout the Great Lakes and Middle Atlantic regions as well as in parts of …   Wikipedia

• International Style — 1. the general form of architecture developed in the 1920s and 1930s by Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and others, characterized by simple geometric forms, large untextured, often white, surfaces, large areas of glass, and general use… …   Universalium

• Rococo style — or Late Baroque Style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century. The word Rococo is derived from French rocaille, denoting the shell covered rockwork used to… …   Universalium

• Oseberg style — Oseberg ship head post The Oseberg style is a Viking Era animal ornamentation in Norse art. [1] Contents …   Wikipedia

• Régence style — French style in the decorative arts that developed с 1710–1730, when Philippe II, duc d Orléans, was regent of France. It marks the transition from the massive rectilinear forms of furniture in the Louis XIV style to the Rococo forms of Louis XV… …   Universalium