Decorative arts

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Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular…

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Influence of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular…

6 years ago

History of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau is an international style of art, architecture and applied art, especially the decorative arts, that was most popular…

6 years ago

Anglo-Japanese style

The Anglo-Japanese style developed in the period from approximately 1851 to 1900, when a new appreciation for Japanese design and…

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American Empire style

American Empire is a French-inspired Neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration that takes its name and originates from the…

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Trompe-l’œil

Trompe-l'œil (French meaning for "deceive the eye") is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion…

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Rinceau

In architecture and the decorative arts, a rinceau (plural rinceaux; from the French, derived from old French rain 'branch with…

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Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in…

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Lath art

Lath art is a form of woodworking folk art for making rustic pictures out of strips out of old "lath"…

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Hardstone carving

Hardstone carving is a general term in art history and archaeology for the artistic carving of predominantly semi-precious stones (but…

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Folk art

Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine…

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Decorative arts

The decorative arts are arts or crafts concerned with the design and manufacture of beautiful objects that are also functional.…

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Scumble

A Glaze or Scumbling is a thin transparent or semi-transparent layer on a painting which modifies the appearance of the…

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Grisaille

The grisaille, in painting, is a pictorial technique synonymous with chiaroscuro, or chiaroscuro, as Vasari specifies it. It uses only…

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Assemblage

Assemblage is an artistic form or medium usually created on a defined substrate that consists of three-dimensional elements projecting out…

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