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2. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   Ornament (art) Rococo interior of the Wilhering Abbey (Wilhering, Austria), with a trompe-l'œil painted ceiling, surrounded by highly decorated stucco. In architecture and decorative art, ornament is decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in ...

3. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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   Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque , using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy , consisting of religious texts with stylized appearance, used both ...

4. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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   Islamic geometric patterns are one of the major forms of Islamic ornament, which tends to avoid using figurative images, as it is forbidden to create a representation of an important Islamic figure according to many holy scriptures. The geometric designs in Islamic art are often built on combinations of repeated squares and circles, which may ...

5. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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   In ancient China, auspicious ornaments were often either embroidered or woven into textile and clothing. [1] They are also used on religious and ritual clothing (e.g. Daojiao fushi which is Taoist clothing [3]: 101 and Chinese Buddhist clothing) and in Xifu, Chinese opera costumes. [4] Auspicious symbols and motifs continue to be used in ...

6. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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   Butterflies. Butterfly/ butterflies. A common motif used in Chinese embroidery and in Chinaware. [12] The butterfly is a symbol of joy and summer. [12] It also implies long life, beauty and elegance. [6] Pair of butterflies. Pair of butterflies embroidered on clothing strengthens the energy of love.

7. Xiangyun (Auspicious clouds) - Wikipedia

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   Chinese character Qi (气), Spring and Autumn period The clouds physical characteristics (being wispy and vaporous in nature) were associated with the Taoist concept of qi (气; 氣), especially yuanqi, [3]: 133 and the cosmological forces at work; [1] [note 4] i.e. the yuanqi was the origins of the Heavens and Earth, and all things were created from the interaction between the yin and yang.