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2. Scroll (art) - Wikipedia

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   The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, though many types are plant-scrolls, which loosely represent plant forms such as vines, with leaves or flowers attached.

3. Interlace (art) - Wikipedia

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   Geometric interlacing patterns are common in Islamic ornament. They can be considered a particular type of arabesque. Umayyad architectural elements such as floor mosaics, window grilles, carvings and wall paintings, and decorative metal work of the 8th to 10th centuries are followed by the intricate interlacings common in later medieval Islamic art.

4. Ornament (art) - Wikipedia

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   Ornament in the Roman empire utilized a diverse array of styles and materials, including marble, glass, obsidian, and gold. Roman ornament, specifically in the context of Pompeii, has been studied and written about by scholar Jessica Powers in her book chapter "Beyond Painting in Pompeii's Houses: Wall Ornaments and Their Patrons."

5. Guilloché - Wikipedia

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   Roman guilloche around a scene with Diana the Huntress, late 2nd century AD, mosaic, Bardo National Museum, Tunis, Tunisia [1]. Guilloché (French:), or guilloche (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ l oʊ ʃ /), is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning, which uses a machine of the same name.

6. Hanging scroll - Wikipedia

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   The upper part of the scroll is called tiantou (天頭; symbolizing "Heaven") and the lower part is called ditou (地頭; symbolizing "Earth"). [1] [5] At the top of the scroll is a thin wooden bar, called tiangan (天杆), on which a cord is attached for hanging the scroll. [3]

7. Victorian decorative arts - Wikipedia

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   And the second was the "harmony by contrast" that was to use the colors that were opposite of one another on the color wheel. There was a favored tripartite wall that included a dado or wainscoting at the bottom, a field in the middle and a frieze or cornice at the top. This was popular into the 20th century.