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21kara-yō — ▪ Japanese architectural style (Japanese: “Chinese style”), one of the three main Japanese styles of Buddhist temple architecture in the Kamakura period (1192–1333). Kara yō originally followed Chinese forms that featured strict symmetry on …
22Winchester school — ▪ English art painting style of English illuminated manuscripts produced primarily at Winchester but also at Canterbury and in various southern monasteries in the 10th and early 11th centuries. The Winchester style is characterized by boldness,… …
23deckle edge — /dɛkəl ˈɛdʒ/ (say dekuhl ej) noun the untrimmed edge of handmade paper, formerly much used for ornamental effect in fine books …
24smocking — n. an ornamental effect on cloth made by gathering the material tightly into pleats, often with stitches in a honeycomb pattern …
25crazy paving — noun Paving composed of irregularly shaped slabs of stone or concrete, used for ornamental effect on terraces, garden paths, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑craze * * * crazy paving UK US noun [uncountable] british flat pieces of stone of different shapes …
26Pranava yoga — is a name given[by whom?] to the classical method of meditation outlined in the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is also called[by whom?] Om yoga and O …
27Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
28interior design — 1. the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features. 2. the art, business, or… …
29furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …
30South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
