ornamentation

The sixth proposition above stated, that _Gothic ornamentation is nobler than Greek ornamentation_, etc., is therefore sufficiently proved by the acceptance of this one principle, no less important than unassailable.

Lectures on Architecture and Painting Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 John Ruskin 1859

“Modern ornamentation is a burlesque of the beautiful, as pitiful as it is costly.

Excerpt: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan 2007

Gold ornamentation is to be seen in the rafter work and the entire length of tunnel has 33,345,567,863,426,875,678 stained wooden steps of which five are in need of repair.

Boing Boing: March 9, 2003 - March 15, 2003 Archives 2003

Writes the author: Manners, here, impose passivity and constraint; ornamentation is taken care of by the oddity of our being served dinner at all in such circumstances.

The Rituals of Dinner 1992

Just before sunset, there was a Hindu temple that had both a nice color scheme (white and yellow), and a simplicity in ornamentation.

“I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good” JDsg 2007

The entire process of creation of the idols from the collection of clay to the ornamentation is a holy process, supervised by rites and other rituals.

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These are worn by both sexes and are so worn for the sake of convenience as much as with the idea of ornamentation, for the Negrito has no pocket.

Negritos of Zambales William Allan Reed

The glossator, Aldred, states that the ornamentation was the work of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

A short and highly ornamental fringed and looped flounce waved grandly out behind from the waist to the level of the knees; and the stomacher recalled the ornamentation of the flounce; and both the stomacher and flounce gave contrasting value to the severe plainness of the skirt, designed to emphasise the quality of the silk.

Clayhanger Arnold Bennett 1899

The reason for the divergence of drawing and ornament is doubtless the original motive of ornamentation, which is found in the clan or totem ideas.

Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Various 1889