Types of ornament

Throughout the history of art can meet various types of ornament. Every nation, and sometimes even its individual part, may have its own ornament.

The motifs of the ornament can be from different areas and spheres, for example from geometry, fauna, flora; they may be the outlines of the human body or surrounding objects. The motive in the ornament is its part, its main element. The motive can consist of one element or of many, decorated in a single whole. Continue reading →