What do tattoos, wallpaper, graffiti, and cake decorations have in common? They can all be considered forms of ornament, detailed embellishments that have added complexity and beauty to surfaces for ...

Archaeologists excavating the North Gate of Vietnam’s Ho Dynasty Citadel have pulled gold-glazed terracotta Bodhi leaf ...

Many of Poland’s regions boast their own ornaments, unique compositions to be encountered nowhere else, abstract or depicting plants, animals and people. Cut from paper, they constitute local symbols ...

This innovative volume reveals the exquisite detail of the decorative compositions, their finesse, precision, and creativity. It also highlights the skill, patience, and pictorial imagination of the ...