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  2. Decoupage - Wikipedia

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    British Museum. Decoupage or découpage (/ ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ /; [1] French: [dekupaʒ]) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from ...

  3. Textile design - Wikipedia

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    Textile design, also known as textile geometry, is the creative and technical process by which thread or yarn fibers are interlaced to form a piece of cloth or fabric, which is subsequently printed upon or otherwise adorned. [1] Textile design is further broken down into three major disciplines: printed textile design, woven textile design, and ...

  4. Pochampally sari - Wikipedia

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    Registered. 2005. Material. Silk or Cotton. Pochampally sari or Pochampalli ikat is a saree made in Bhoodan Pochampally, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana State, India. They have traditional geometric patterns in " Paagadu Bandhu " (Ikat) style of dyeing. The intricate geometric designs find their way into sarees and dress materials.

  5. Pipili appliqué work - Wikipedia

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    India. Material. Fabric. The village of Pipili, Puri district, Odisha, India, is well known for its appliqué work, traditionally known as Chandua (Odia: ଚାନ୍ଦୁଆ Cānduā) in India. "Appliqué" comes from the French word appliquer, [1] meaning "to put on". There are two variants to this technique: appliqué, where a fabric shape ...

  6. Decorative arts - Wikipedia

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    Decorative arts. The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. This includes most of the objects for the interiors of buildings, as well as interior design, but typically excludes architecture. Ceramic art, metalwork, furniture, jewellery, fashion, various forms ...

  7. Urban morphology - Wikipedia

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    Urban morphology is considered as the study of urban tissue, or fabric, as a means of discerning the environmental level normally associated with urban design. Tissue comprises coherent neighborhood morphology (open spaces, building) and functions (human activity). Neighborhoods exhibit recognizable patterns in the ordering of buildings, spaces ...

  8. City Beautiful movement - Wikipedia

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    The first large-scale elaboration of the City Beautiful occurred in Chicago at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.The planning of the exposition was directed by architect Daniel Burnham, who hired architects from the eastern United States, as well as the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to build large-scale Beaux-Arts monuments that were vaguely classical with uniform cornice height.

  9. Deconstructivism - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Deconstructivism is a postmodern architectural movement which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. [1] Its name is a portmanteau of Constructivism and "Deconstruction", a form of semiotic analysis ...