Ornamentik
ornamentation; system of decorative motifs
noun or-na-MEN-tik Rare
Origin: from Latin 'ornamentum'
Also means
the study or practice of ornamental design
Usage Note
Ornamentik refers collectively to decorative motifs and patterns as a design discipline or historical phenomenon. Art historians speak of islamische Ornamentik or gotische Ornamentik to characterise a style's decorative vocabulary.
Examples
"Die reiche Ornamentik des Portals zeugte von hochmittelalterlicher Handwerkskunst."
Natural Translation
The rich ornamentation of the portal bore witness to High Medieval craftsmanship.
Literal Translation
The rich ornamentation of-the portal testified of high-medieval craft-art.
Related Words
- Abguss cast, casting (plaster or metal replica of a sculpture)
- Abstraktion abstraction (non-representational art)
- Acrylfarbe acrylic paint
- Akanthus acanthus (decorative leaf motif)
- Akt nude
- Aktmalerei nude painting; figure painting
- Aktmodell life model; nude model (for drawing or painting)
- Aktzeichnung life drawing, figure drawing (of the nude)
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