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  • Ornament is not about prettifying the outside of something, he was saying.

    Excerpt: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan 2007

  • Ornament is one of its most characteristic features, as can be seen from the objects in this exhibition.

    Archive 2006-08-01 JDsg 2006

  • Ornament is one of its most characteristic features, as can be seen from the objects in this exhibition.

    Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen JDsg 2006

  • Nick Mora 'Lost Twin Ornament II' (2009) by Committee.

    Combining Craft with Digital Emma Crichton-Miller 2010

  • Abyssin Ornament & Wounded Star Wars CCG Reflections II

    Ornament Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Imitation was afterward applied to the vegetable creation; and much of what is termed Ornament was derived from that class of elements.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

  • The Councillors had followed, and the several ex-Mayors since the year of one had expatiated felicitously on the architecture of the "Ornament," the merits of the architect, and the enterprise of the contractors.

    The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan

  • In treating of "Ornament," our author enumerates, explains and exemplifies all the rhetorical figures of the Greeks; adding, for the benefit of courtiers and ladies, to whom his work is principally addressed, translations of their names; several of which would require to be retranslated for the benefit of the modern reader, as for example the three following, all figures of derision: -- "The fleering frump;" -- "The broad flout;" -- "The privy nip."

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

  • We have for a great while expected what kind of Ornament would be substituted in the Place of those antiquated

    The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

  • WATERLOO "Ornament" group exhibition opening 2pm (panel discussion with artists 1pm)

    Canadian Art - Online 2008

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