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Article: The Revival of Architectural Ornament and Fine Wood Carving
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 30, 2009
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San Franciscan Artist & Craftsman Breathes New Life into
Classical Craft
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Architectural
ornament is considered one of the four primary art forms (along with
architecture, sculpture, and painting). Ornament is defined as
decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object that may
"exude intense emotion, give pleasure, and enhance beauty."
These embellishments all but vanished in modern architectural
design in the twentieth century. Replaced by streamline decorations
and details that reflected modernists' sensibilities and ideas of ...