Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in ornamentation; an artist who devotes himself especially to executing details of ornament.

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  • noun A person who ornaments

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  • noun someone who decorates

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Examples

  • The Middle East is often characterized by an ornamentalist abstract style and Africa by minimalist realism.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The Middle East is often characterized by an ornamentalist abstract style and Africa by minimalist realism.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The Middle East is often characterized by an ornamentalist abstract style and Africa by minimalist realism.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • Even the great "ornamentalist" viceroy, Lord Curzon, declared that "efficiency" was "our gospel, the keynote of our administration."

    A Bit of Bunting 2001

  • Even the great "ornamentalist" viceroy, Lord Curzon, declared that "efficiency" was "our gospel, the keynote of our administration."

    A Bit of Bunting 2001

  • Their former design, using elements such as black and chrome to create an ornamentalist, static, potent, abstract style with an overall customer impression of chic and modern, was geared to the upscale 1980s.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • A wide variety of colors, shapes, and materials—sometimes in minimalist, other times in ornamentalist fashion—are used today.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • With the exception of Japan, East Asian cultural preferences are clearly in the ornamentalist/realist quadrant of the aesthetic perceptual space.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • From automobiles to washing machines, stereos, and telephones, the broad trend in this century can be described as moving away from ornamentalist designs.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

  • The Polo/Ralph Lauren stores have the look, feel, and smell of an American country house; they are ornamentalist/realist, dark and rusty, and full of natural materials.

    MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997

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