| 单词 | decorative |
| 例句 | This will make the metal look more decorative—according to Mr. Klosner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z There were rugs and couches and decorative pillows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I looked at a decorative fountain in his office—a mini waterfall trickling over rocks. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The local authorities, after the armistice of Neerlandia, were mayors without initiative, decorative judges picked from among the peaceful and tired Conservatives of Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A piece of decorative wood paneling was peeling off and hanging at an odd angle. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Old and wrinkled, each nobleman wore fine clothes and decorative swords. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z No chemicals in the juice and no ink wasted on decorative labels. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It hangs from the finest thread in empty space, a decorative object, as interesting for the way in which it catches the light as for its geometrical form. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z By noon the parking lot couldn’t fit another car, and the overflow spilled out onto the track’s decorative lawns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The apartment was cluttered with little porcelain figures, decorative plates, and ashtrays from various nightclubs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The sight of a tree at night flail of glowing Clabbert pustules, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbours still had their Christmas lights up in June. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch as he picks up a decorative bowl from the dining room table and moves toward the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “There would be no need for you to do anything,” he said, “you would just be yourself and look decorative.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Architecture’s parameters are defined by utilitarian function and structural system, but there is almost always an aesthetic component as well, even when it consists of nothing more than a decorative veneer. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These are not pots for cooking, I should point out, just decorative pots deployed to catch stray beams of sunlight or reflect the owners’ no doubt expensively buffed and peeled faces. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hello, young man,” was all the general said, leaning with both hands on his cane, looking at Sohrab the way one might study a bizarre decorative item at someone’s house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But there was a generous decorative lettuce leaf under which much of the goopy meat and greasy rice could be tucked away. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Over the bed flows one of those decorative mosquito nets fit for a queen, but here, it seems to be keeping disease in rather than out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The four-poster bed was covered with soft, moss-green bedding embroidered with every decorative stitch Penelope had ever learned and many she had never seen before. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Even Zillah’s gauzy constructions appear to me to have a confidence and subtlety, an assurance, that my own paintings lack: in this context my pictures are too highly finished, too decorative, too merely pretty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In one upper pocket of his jacket was arrayed a variety of pens and pencils; in the other nestled a lily-white handkerchief whose presence was more decorative than utilitarian. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Katherine eyes the white ladies, with their fine clothes and decorative fans. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Five points for a sprinkle, ten for a puddle, twenty for a decorative pattern on the wall behind the mug. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He has treated his shapes much like the enclosed, flat panes of a stained-glass window to create a lively decorative pattern. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Audrey sighed and sat on the brick wall of the decorative fountain near the bus stop. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Seth, oblivious as ever, was examining the intricate pieces of a decorative chess set. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Her thin brown arms were stacked with gold bracelets, a small red circle was painted on her forehead, and the edges of her feet were tinted with a decorative red dye. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z There were rugs and couches and decorative pillows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Three doors down from me, Gale clings to the decorative iron grating around an apartment door. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It was as tall and round as decorative bottles they use in liquor store displays and I had to use both hands to carry it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Tally retraced her steps to the exact window they’d jimmied, a dirty, forgotten pane of glass concealed behind decorative bushes, and found that it was still unlocked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And those are the trailers with nice potted plants and decorative walkway lights that she’s looking at. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z It opens on a wide white corridor lined with red doors, which look almost decorative compared to the gray ones on the upper floors. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The house—for the most part designed by Mr. Clutter, who thereby proved himself a sensible and sedate, if not notably decorative, architect—had been built in 1948 for forty thousand dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A cornice was merely a horizontal decorative projection. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One game involved trying to pull a decorative bow from a vachette's head, and another seemed to amount to nothing more than name-calling. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Two were painting the decorative rocks around headquarters, the kind of thing that we all did stateside, and the other two were cleaning inside. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No gaslights on,” he said, peering through one of the decorative glass panels on either side of the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She handed Penelope a folded sheet of heavy notepaper, monogrammed with a large, decorative A. Penelope opened it and read. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I hold mine up, then realize how decorative it must seem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z An absence so decorative, so ornate, it was difficult for her to understand how she had ever endured, without falling dead or being consumed, his magnificent presence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Sloppy rows of expensive cars sparkled under the decorative lights strung from the palm trees that kept vigil over the yard. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z No decorative tattoos, no work marks, no light gang tats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I sat and tried to ignore my various bums and bruises, and when Mola returned I led her to the southwestern side of Mains where there were a trio of decorative chimneys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The list of objects blurred together—small pieces of furniture and little decorative items—until it was Wes’s turn. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z After the bat mitzvah party, when they went back to their room, all the decorative pillows had been taken off the king bed, and the covers were turned down into a perfect triangle. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z So she concentrated on the decorative arts: flower patterns for embroidery and fabric design. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One brownstone was rotund—like a jolly, well-fed grandfather—with a curved facade and decorative curlicues above round, owlish windows. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were very long, wooden and battered, and had two decorative, old-fashioned knobs on their tips. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a decorative panel at the top of the armoire, which had two thin parallel cracks in it. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She supposed this was the sort of thing people with decorative furniture did. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z In a corner stood a clay chamber pot, disguised as a decorative cabbage. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z And I did notice that while my stationery was either a pristine white with pale blue lines through it or pink with decorative edges, Martin's was always different. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Quickly, she dumped the decorative pillows and extra blanket stacked on top onto the floor, then lifted the lid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Or eat one of the shiny decorative rocks on the coffee table. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Such a dress could be made of leather or linen, it might be plain, or Mo might imprint a pattern on it with his tiny decorative stamps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z While the other world wonders were purely decorative or ceremonial, the lighthouse was used to guide ships into port. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z They raked the front garden, set out tea tables and folded napkins into decorative shapes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t like this,” June says to Alex while their mother is distracted talking about decorative pears. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Only after this did the city outlaw the decorative use of wood on its buildings. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z But she leapt anyway, and while the lamps shook and the decorative furniture quavered, she did not break a thing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A pair of green suspenders, more decorative than useful, gave the finishing touch, for he was shoeless and there was a twig tucked between the toes of one foot. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z What Reynie had supposed were light switches were only decorative wooden panels. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A vase of artificial flowers and other modest decorative knickknacks stood on a windowsill, and there was a bed of marigolds by the freshly painted stoop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Since her marriage, Maria had followed the path of the lady artist, creating decorative works that sold well. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At the next group meeting it was suggested that the museum had accepted my work only because it was decorative and easy to swallow. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z There were one or two fluffy, almost decorative clouds. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Their roles were decorative on this night and on all others; the glory was their husband’s and their sustenance came from what nourishment they could derive from his reflection. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, except for portraiture, it can be argued that the decorative arts were the fine arts of America. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In a move that caught everyone’s attention, she cut the woolly lining out of her men’s boots and sewed it onto her coat to make a decorative collar. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It’s a photo I took of the decorative pebbles in front of Dad’s house. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They seemed to be trapped in them, Piper realized, as if their feet were glued to the stone along with the decorative seashells. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She took in the patterned tablecloth, red kitchen cabinets, decorative statues, and books that had belonged to the apartment’s previous inhabitant. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A small note card was tucked under the decorative red lace ribbon. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There is an ancient-looking air conditioner hanging on to the ledge of the bootlegged window, and the glass above the machine has been covered with a piece of decorative cloth. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Ahead, he turned off the path and entered through the double doors of a massive building whose four corners were adorned with decorative cupolas. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Bookcases line the walls on either side of me, but they seem to be decorative more than anything, because computers occupy the tables in the center of the room, and no one is reading. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z On his green-blue armor, the decorative faces of hungry monsters seemed to blink in the shadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Dad was always parking his cigarettes there, and it was ribbed with a row of black cigarette burns, like a decorative border. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Grimy brick tenements shifted in the corner of my eye, acquiring decorative statues and rococo stuccowork—the adornments of a European city. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But despite the cramp, its great charm, magnified by Odile’s decorative sense, gave it a cheerful, if not playful, spirit. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The picture, moreover, has an aesthetically satisfying decorative unity. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The domed ceiling of the enormous hall was covered with delicate hand paintings and Latin phrases written in decorative script. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Their hearts must have lifted a little when they arrived at the entrance gate with its decorative blue propellers! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She thought it unnecessarily decorative, to have flowered checks in America; it almost took away from the seriousness of a check. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z There weren't many illustrations, but the first letter of each chapter was itself a little decorative picture. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Candles and candlesticks have since become fixtures of religious observances, a decorative note in homes and restaurants, and lighting them up has turned into a soothing personal ritual for many. Burn These After Reading 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z He’s still savvy enough to invite under-loved voices into his musical orbit but still capricious enough to treat a sample of Project Pat’s juggernaut rhymes like a decorative throw pillow. Review | Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ is a lonely, predictable wail from the mountaintop 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s an amazing collection of decorative arts, some of which were shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Letters: Letters to the Editor 2012-06-08T18:14:46Z From one coast to the other are many more instances of the same artist’s remarkable decorative work, forgotten in plain sight. Hildreth Meière, the Forgotten Art Deco Artist 2014-05-02T18:06:08Z SAT More than 50 farm implements, vehicles and floats with decorative lights in parade to pay tribute to agricultural heritage, 6 p.m., Community calendar 2011-12-01T00:37:04Z I like to bring together groupings of well-traveled objects, textiles, decorative accessories and furniture . . . things that represent the people who live there. Nine designers’ tips for upping your decorating game 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z I looked at what she’d done with the previous collections but it was mostly decorative — collages, nice wallpaper, playing with light, etc. | Tilt 2012-04-02T19:53:33Z “Philosophical observations really suit the way you’re dressed today,” Tsukuru tells her flatteringly, and let us not waste time on the tired subject of how readily Mr. Murakami treats women as decorative idiots. Haruki Murakami’s ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage’ 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Each page has block letters and calligraphic script within intricately worked decorative borders further enhanced by birds, flowers and, on some pages, coffins. ‘A Shared Legacy,’ at the American Folk Art Museum 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr Lemaire’s vertical images of what looked like decorative canes made a stab at it; small floral patterns just seemed to miss the point of an Hermés print working within a specific framework. Fashion Review: Sex in the Saddle at Givenchy, Herm?s and John Galliano 2012-03-05T18:59:13Z And such goals can also be achieved by other decorative means and materials, as Nike itself has shown with Ms. Williams’s catsuit, and as fashion has long known. Forget the Catsuit. What’s the Point of the Tennis Dress? 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z The walking sticks, twisted as barley sugar, are again steel rods, except one, with a decorative handle, which has been roughly glued together from short wooden off-cuts, such as you might find under a saw-bench. Monkeying with Mozart: the striking art of Helen Marten 2012-11-25T20:00:05Z The victim of its popularity, Pride and Prejudice has usually been reduced on film to what's known as a "bonnet drama" – frilly, decorative, as dated as its hats. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z De Balkany was a passionate collector of European and English fine and decorative art, according to auction house Christie's, which will hold the sale on Wednesday and Thursday. Art and furniture owned by collector de Balkany up for auction in London 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Her more recent preference for sexy-but-simple wraps and suits by the designer Daniella Issa suggests that she wishes to be seen neither as a decorative object nor as a dominant force. Fashion Review: Bride?s Dress Is a Flawless Success 2011-04-29T15:26:52Z The assemblage of walls “looks rock solid, but in fact it’s a stage set,” said Thomas Michie, a senior curator of European decorative arts and sculpture. Antiques: Rooms With a View of British History 2013-05-02T20:02:50Z In a decorative way, they were responding to the current sense of streamlining. Special Report: Sleek, Simple-And Ever So Streamlined 2010-02-18T12:49:00Z The effect is decorative, the basic format a reminder that she spent an apprentice year working in El Anatsui’s studio in Nigeria around the time he was developing his pieced-together and draped metal “fabrics.” Art in Review: Nnenna Okore: ‘Transfiguration’ 2012-11-08T22:47:27Z Before reaching it, visitors pass through the encyclopedic collection of decorative pieces from Art Nouveau tapestries to postmodern sofas that crowd the walls and floors, salon-style. 36 Hours in Denver 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z He was an interior decorator and she felt the decorative arts galleries should be done by a decorator and not by an architect. Richard Meier on the Getty Center as it turns 20 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z If you accept this argument, it can just seem a bit odd that, judging by the show, what they want to do is play the part of a highly decorative soft-core siren for a day. Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z When Junya Abe first appeared onstage, only his spry feet were apparent, poking from underneath a decorative curtain as he hopped from side to side. Dance Review: Kuromori Kagura at Japan Society 2012-10-28T21:21:54Z Harvest Moon Lollipops These adorable White Meringue Ghosts are equally decorative and fun to eat. Spooky Sweets 2010-09-17T16:13:00Z The unabashed visual richness of these works attests to the power of the decorative while extending the tenets of Conceptual identity art into an unusually full-bodied form of painting. Art Review: ‘Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,’ at Brooklyn Museum 2012-09-27T22:04:12Z For many readers, books are not decorative objects. Letters to the Editor 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Edward Cooke, a professor of American decorative arts at Yale, compared him to another prolific glassmaker who found a way to master both the high culture of museums as well as the popular market. Are There Glass Snakes in Dale Chihuly’s Fragile Eden? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z An early advocate of sustainable design, he championed the role of landscape as an essential part of ecological infrastructure, rather than an added decorative luxury, arguing for its place at the heart of every development. John Hopkins 2013-01-28T17:16:23Z A few nightmarish dream sequences, telepathically commanded by Madame Blanc, are impersonally decorative and cliché-riddled. Review: Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” Is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Designer Che T-shirt 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Debs, who is 54 and holds a degree in interior architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, has her furniture and decorative accessories made locally and sold at her shop in Saifi Village. The Thriving Designers Who Dominate Beirut’s Flourishing Scene 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z He had on black and white face paint, an intense gaze, a black bird attached to his head and plenty of decorative feathers. New Tonto, familiar feelings for Native Americans 2012-07-25T17:20:14Z The decorative extras that are part of Mr. Valli’s language were whisper quiet, making a collection that did not lose its identity but should lure stores and clients. Fashion Review: Stella McCartney: Dressing for Life 2012-03-05T19:02:53Z Some homeowners have chosen to forgo grass entirely, he says, leaving exposed soil or choosing to landscape with shrubby or decorative rocks. How to have a lush yard without using too much water 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z They realized, for example, that visitors to the Egyptian galleries were asking a lot of questions about an image of the ancient zodiac that was painted on the ceiling as a decorative element in 2003. Who’s in Charge at the Brooklyn Museum? It Could Be You 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z For its fifth annual AD Intérieurs show house, Architectural Digest’s sister publication, AD France, partnered with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris on a series of rooms that combine decorative history and contemporary style. AD Intérieurs opens at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z “It’s our first show about fashion,” says Sarah Schleuning, curator of decorative arts and design at the High. Iris van Herpen’s astonishing designs don’t look like ‘clothes.’ They look like the future. 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Many dealers showed jewelry or decorative objects alongside furniture. | The 10 Best Pieces at This Year’s Design Miami 2013-12-11T23:04:28Z “He stocked his pond with decorative fish, and they were eaten by herons,” Mr. Carey writes. Books of The Times: ?William Golding,? the Lighter Side, by John Carey 2010-07-06T23:03:00Z Exhibit A: “The Responding Eye: ’60s Now,” one of the most intriguing fine art exhibitions to hit Manhattan in recent months, which is currently on view at the Greenwich Village decorative arts gallery Maison Gerard. Fine Art Exhibition of Work from the 1960s Opens in New York 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Potiche In French, a “potiche” is a vase or useless decorative object, used colloquially as a term for a purely ornamental trophy wife. Review: A Rich Field of In-Competition Films at Venice 2010-09-07T15:30:00Z These glimpses of trouble are neither random nor decorative. The Pre-War House and Other Stories by Alison Moore – review 2013-05-17T13:01:01Z The tabletop is covered by a turquoise-green decorative cloth, similar to the patterned designs Matisse was making after his return from Tangiers. LACMA's uneven new Picasso and Rivera show reveals an unprecedented, must-see discovery 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z From a distance, in the museum’s soaring subterranean space, which is clad mostly in concrete and aluminum, Mr. Finch’s work looks as if it could be a decorative stone mosaic. Spencer Finch Turned to the Heavens to Honor the Dead 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z “To our community – we made a serious mistake recently by selling prayer mats as decorative rugs on our site. We understand this was a highly offensive oversight and are truly sorry,” the note read. Shein apologizes for selling 'hurtful and offensive' swastika necklace, claims it was 'Buddhist symbol' 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z On the other side, place a matching console to store books and decorative items. Giving a small rowhouse living room a big midcentury modern personality 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Take a spin through the most fantastical decorative scrims around the world. Decorative scrims add visual splendor to urban landscapes 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Inside, a dark room is bedecked with stained-glass lamps and decorative plates. Is This the New Cocktail Capital of Europe? 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, posters, textiles, decorative arts and furniture illustrate the themes. ‘Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color’ Review: Vibrant From Any Angle 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z They also purchased decorative elements that impart character and whimsy, like the 19th-century ship dioramas that grace the dining room walls. Design Firm Carrier And Co. Creates An Effortlessly Chic Hamptons Retreat 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Once baked, both become decorative centerpieces for the table. Start Christmas Morning With Something Sweet 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Impeccably dressed in a three-piece suit festooned with decorative pins, Mr. Wolfe claims to be first concierge in the United States — the concept didn’t exist in American hotels until the 1970s, he said. A $1,000 Day in San Francisco for $100 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z With such strong decorative elements and Burgess’s piercing distillation of movement, this piece is a great step forward for the company. Dana Tai Soon Burgess dancers cosmically intertwine art and science 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z To save time, purchase ready-made evergreen wreaths and attach your favorite decorative materials using wire. Christmas Wreaths 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z I have full conversations about decorative seasonal towels. Lensa is turning us into AI thirst trappers with its ubiquitous portrait app 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Sui knows her audience and caters to it with an almost formulaic gusto, reprising baby doll dresses, cardigans, jumpers, tunics and decorative tights each season. On the Runway: Looks That Pop From Anna Sui 2011-02-17T00:44:13Z It is also the year in which “Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker” is set, taking aesthetic inspiration from that era’s decorative Art Nouveau style. Dance Listings for Dec. 19-25 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The use of paper collage in the early 20th century, according to Greenberg, liberated art from being merely decorative, an illustration of reality. Can paper survive the digital age? 2012-11-09T09:20:27Z But the conventions of male country have also hardened in recent years: ball caps, tailgates, flip-flops, hip-hop, women as decorative objects. Kacey Musgraves and Other ‘Tomatoes’ Give Country Its Bite 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The spherical base consists of a series of ribbonlike metal strips forming a symmetrical, hollow tube that meets the solid, round table top, which features a decorative cutout pattern around the perimeter. See a New Line of Colorful Tables for Spring 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z I always suggest you begin by choosing the boldest, most decorative pattern first. An effortless bohemian bed is all about colors, textures and patterns 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The smaller is in the Getty's celebrated collection of 17th and 18th century French decorative arts and may have provided the impetus for the exhibition. 'Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV': Splendid pomp and circumstance at the Getty 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Kevin W. Tucker, the museum’s senior curator of decorative arts and design, said jewelry displays fascinated visitors. A Belated Retrospective for a Bauhaus Artist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z The figurations emerged as less decorative and more thematic. Music Review: Beethoven Devotee Makes Some Keyboard Time for Schubert 2011-05-01T22:22:48Z You want real chocolate here, not some waxy decorative stuff, so either seek out European chocolate sprinkles or simply grate your own favorite brand. Enjoy your breakfast as Europeans do — slathered in butter and showered in chocolate 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Galleries represent art, antiques, decorative objects and design. A Popular Art Fair Has Fought Its Way Back 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Liquor bottles line the entrance to the Tequila Lounge, which is also furnished with a 25-foot-long fireplace and a decorative pool filled with floating candles. Haute Mexican Restaurant Opens in Los Angeles 2010-05-26T21:00:00Z Rendered partly in gold-bronze paint, now tarnished to dark brown, she reclines with closed eyes, surrounded by a field of silver in a decorative style obviously influenced by Gustav Klimt, a friend and mentor. ‘Egon Schiele: Portraits’ at Neue Galerie 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Only then, says the Malibu, California-based designer, are he and his clients able to “start the journey of decorative pillaging and architectural salvation.” 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z There’s no question Mr. Chihuly has become an institution and created a bridge between decorative and fine arts that some art scholars have compared to Louis Comfort Tiffany. Who Is Really Making ‘Chihuly Art’? 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Everything is equal – sculpture, painting, decorative arts, ceramics – and that idea is exotic to us. Bruno Gaudichon: 'Hockney never answers my letters' 2011-03-22T22:00:01Z But after returning to Bogotá, he turned his attention to local history and developed abstract designs derived from decorative patterns on pre-Hispanic metalwork. ‘Waterweavers,’ and ‘Carrying Coca’ at Bard Graduate Center 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Men wore top hats and decorative military helmets, cutaways and spats, while my great-grandmother looked chic in a fur-trimmed coat, standing between the Duke and the United States’ ambassador to Spain. Retracing the Spanish Path of My Ancestor, the Founder of the Whitney 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The exhibition is especially rich in works from the artist’s Nice period, when he painted hotel interiors, models dressed as odalisques against busy decorative backdrops, and coastal landscapes. Baltimore loves Matisse. That’s one more reason to love Baltimore. 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “The rich are collectors now as opposed to furnishers,” said Louis Bofferding, an antiques dealer whose Upper East Side store specializes in the kind of chic and decorative objects once favored by the gratin. Events Like a Drawing Center Benefit and the Winter Antiques Show Gala Cater to the Rich and Famous 2014-01-29T23:20:15Z “I didn’t want to do the expected: repetitive, decorative motifs,” he says. A Beloved Provence-Based Wicker Workshop Comes to Paris 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It coincided with a period when decorative techniques like faux marbling and glazing were the rage. Unconstrained by Frames, an Artist Finds New Spaces 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Historical detail suffuses the common areas, from the wrought-iron elevator doors to the marble columns and decorative fireplace in the lobby, which houses a circular bar. Hotel Review: Vault Karakoy in Istanbul 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z “It’s a very small, really curated sale that tends to be about 30 or 40 lots, and it’s the best of the best of the decorative arts,” said Mr. Strafford. How Low Will Market for Antiques Actually Go? 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z The braces are not decorative — they reflect the uneven loads and stresses on the building, which is supported on an enormous truss that spans the gym below. Architecture Review: A Building Forms a Bridge Between a University?s Past and Future 2011-02-08T22:00:08Z As a disjunctive hodgepodge of decorative elements, this piano tells much about Mr. Schastey as a designer. Peeking Into the Gilded Age at the Met 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Della Robbia is better known for decorative reliefs in glazed ceramic, but the sensitive carving of this modest marble panel and the modeling of the crucifixion display his tactile genius. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z She’s puzzled by the design on the rock, and casually insists that Nukain paint over it next week in his more decorative, innocuous style — a suggestion, or rather a demand, that Bokkie angrily rejects. Review: ‘The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek,’ an Athol Fugard Play 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z He knows a manufacturer of decorative stone products who could do the job. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z At Bergdorf Goodman, you’ll find discounts of up to 40 percent on such singular objects as a brass three-bottle carrier and a horned skull carved from bone at the vintage decorative home sale. Where to Stock Up for a Long Weekend on Long Island 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Gold is not a material of mere decorative art. Our Midas Moment, From Galleries to Artisans 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Inside, it's a strange and beautiful place, decorative and modernist, austere and lush. On the white bus to Wythenshawe – council housing by design 2012-05-22T16:16:13Z “The Adoration of the Magi” is a little tour de force of decorative style. Wonderfully weird 'Branchini Madonna' at the heart of an engrossing Getty show 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z They are sterile and don’t produce decorative berries, but are particularly showy in bloom. The dogwood tree — the living symbol of the American spring — makes a comeback 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Paintings, calligraphy and decorative arts complete the picture of a country in the midst of a cultural transformation. The Week Ahead: Sept. 26 ? Oct. 2 2010-09-24T16:00:00Z “The Lorax,” while it nods in the direction of Dr. Seuss’s distinctive, trippy drawing style, treats his sensibility as, at best, a decorative element. Movie Review: ?Dr. Seuss? The Lorax,? With Ed Helms and Danny DeVito 2012-03-01T17:57:47Z Wallace had no right to the title or to the family seat, but he suddenly inherited a priceless collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture and decorative objects. Stuffed full 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s obsessed with repetition and surprise, both in its decorative motifs and unlikely materials. August brings extravagance at Seattle art galleries 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z “When fine artists do decorative arts items, they tend to be considered as a different tier,” Mr. Wright said. Fuzzy Thinking: Artist-Designed Rugs 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Kirsch carries a variety of basic and decorative hardware such as finials, brackets, poles, rings, and holdbacks in different colors, finishes, and materials. Window Treatment Sources We Love 2010-03-18T00:06:00Z Inside, ceilings embellished with plasterwork decorative forms and floors of wide-plank wood lend the rooms a refined air. On the Market: A Cape Dutch House in South Africa 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Electrical components, such as outlets, light switches, and home-automation controls are something of a necessary evil—they interrupt expanses of perfect plaster and decorative wall treatments but are required for everyday functionality. Three ways to make your outlets (practically) disappear 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Martin Ware is associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, which arose in the late 19th century in opposition to the industrialization of decorative arts. A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Another consuming interest was decorative Irish bookbinding, and he published the standard history on the subject in 1954. Maurice Craig obituary 2011-08-02T19:15:25Z The pottery, the lacquerware, and above all the woodblocks “brought to Europe a new sense of color, a new decorative system, and, if you prefer, a poetic imagination.” How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Holbein pares the portrait down to the minimum: no erudite symbolism, no rich setting, no decorative flourishes. Hans Holbein: Truth in Painting 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The two walk unified, showing off their defiant, timeless love, below a decorative arch. With ‘As You Like It,’ Public Works Aims for a Reflection of Humanity 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z “It’s a wonderful topic, but a great deal of work needs to be done,” said Mel Buchanan, the RosaMary curator of decorative arts and design at the New Orleans Museum. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z And lastly, they're not flowers per se, but very decorative with their ruffled leaves in vibrant colors — flowering kale and ornamental cabbage. The very best flowers to plant in the fall 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The actress has energy to spare, but the performance is emotionally vacant, a major problem for a show by its nature heavy on decorative atmosphere and stereotypical evocations of gay Paree during the belle époque. Vanessa Hudgens in a Squeaky Clean ‘Gigi’ on Broadway 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z It was interesting for me, personally, to be able to meld the language of the decorative in painting with his life story. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z We never see her face but come to recognize her by her tattoos, which suggest another layer of investment in mediums historically dismissed as decorative. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The museum’s holdings are admired for their breadth of American and contemporary art, photography, European painting, sculpture and decorative arts. Corcoran maneuvers to keep its art from leaving the area The 20th-century cultural exchange between the United States and those countries is seen in more than 180 objects, including furniture, textiles and decorative pieces. At These American Museums, You Can Travel the World 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The enduring decorative value of these plants lies in their overall growth habit, their foliage and their role in the context of other plants. Planning your 2020 garden? You’ll want to check out the year’s Gold Medal Plants. 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z While Christian Dior embraced flower gardens and the decorative stage sets of his artist friend Christian Bérard, Mr. Simons trained as an industrial designer in Genk before trying men’s fashion. Dior Turns to Raf Simons 2012-04-10T07:00:45Z The place features few books, except for mostly decorative tomes affixed to the entrance ceiling, creating a canopy of prose. A museum honoring American writers opens in Chicago. But where are the books? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The hoops are molded in the form of snakes with additional, decorative elements painted in bright enamels. ‘Treasures and Talismans,’ at the Cloisters, Puts Rings on a Pedestal 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z I serve matzo alongside decorative ramekins filled with horseradish and charoset, plus fresh parsley. For a new take on old traditions, consider this passover grazing board 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z The images suggest cosmologies, geologies, glorious turmoil, but the handling, for all its lavish virtuosity, is weirdly perfunctory, almost corporate in its decorative impersonality. Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell: Abstract Expressionist Lives 2011-07-08T15:56:48Z Under its encrustation of decorative detail, the image is generically Italianate. Review: ‘Made in the Americas’ Explores Globalism From Way, Way Back 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Old English corbels, originally used as decorative supports, serve as the two large wooden end pieces. Colorful Cottage Courtyard 2013-05-13T15:50:07.330Z I want those objects as part of the psychic and decorative make-up of my life. T Magazine: Editor’s Letter 2013-08-23T23:30:18Z They play to the Atheneum’s strengths by repeatedly combining European painting — especially Baroque — with arrays of decorative arts. Review: Wadsworth Atheneum, a Masterpiece of Renovation 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The imagery may be modern, but Studio Job's work sits firmly in the tradition of the decorative arts. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z She’s not much like the first book’s Kate Moore, who played decorative wife when she had to but could also crawl onto a window ledge and into a stranger’s locked bedroom when necessary. Her Husband Is Kidnapped. Then Things Start to Go Downhill. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The only “green” signals from Marchesa were jade decorations worn as a translucent necklace sewn into a dress bodice, and a pale mint color for a series of decorative dresses. Special Report: A Sunshine State of Mind 2010-09-16T15:40:00Z Their patterns derive from bandannas — one belonged to Ms. Mays’s great-grandmother, another to Georgia O’Keeffe — whose decorative forms are reproduced via pinpricks in the obscurity of the darkroom. Surprise: The Upper East Side Turns Experimental (for Art) 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mountain bikes are suspended from the wall, seemingly as decorative elements. Is This Giant Baja Resort Sustainable? Depends Who You Ask. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The rooms are both austere and cozy, lacking in decorative flourishes but filled with cherished mementos and personal collections that shed light on Wyeth's inspiration and interests. Wyeth's Pa. world opening to public for first time 2012-04-28T18:01:05Z The white surfaces of spacecraft are neither high-gloss nor full matte; their colorful highlights are decorative and not gaudy; the space suits appear practical, and the equipment seems machined for use, not futuristically extravagant. What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Foundation beds serve to hide the ankles of a building, but as decorative gardens in their own right, they tend to fall flat in several key areas. This low-maintenance garden shows you don’t need flowers to shine 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Let’s hope that the commodification of this decorative art form that we call fashion does not exact too high a price in the end. | Style: Dirty Pretty Things 2012-11-30T05:03:15Z At the Westreich-O’Keefe apartment, the master bath goes one better, offering hooks as well as inset shelves for stowing white towels and decorative objects inside the shower stall. A Former Athletic Club Becomes A Posh Manhattan Apartment 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Lines stretched past other nice little decorative details — beds of artificial flowers shaped like taillights, for example — while other patrons enjoyed drinks in cone-shaped plastic mugs. Test Driving Disney’s New Cars Land 2012-07-19T19:44:12Z The form and decorative motifs of an octagonal gold cup — musicians and dancers with long hair and billowing robes — suggest Central Asian metal wares. Museums: Ancient Arab Shipwreck Yields Secrets of Ninth-Century Trade 2011-03-07T13:30:06Z According to Mr. Nichetto, the gold-plated steel chair legs echo the decorative rim details on porcelain plates. New Ways to Take a Seat at Milan Design Week 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z But a few longtime employees remain, including Linda Roth, the curator of European decorative arts, who marks her 35th year at the Wadsworth in December. The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Puts Final Touches on a Comeback 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z The furnishings, artwork and even the decorative plants all capture the flavor of the destination. How TripAdvisor altered your vacation-planning universe 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The American decorative arts collection now includes a restored parlor from an 18th-century house in Gilead, Conn., that used to be just numbered boards in a Yale storage barn. Jock Reynolds, Transformative Director of Yale Art Gallery 2012-12-06T15:59:51Z By this I mean cluttered and excessively decorative. Grayson Perry's tapestries: weaving class and taste 2013-06-08T08:00:41Z Although there’s plenty of 19th- and 20th-century painting and sculpture on hand, it’s often upstaged by bold pieces of furniture and decorative artworks. Art Review: Pavilion of Art and Design at Park Avenue Armory - Review 2011-11-10T23:44:24Z The main recurring motif is a molded or carved decorative panel featuring an intricate geometric design. Artist Rodrigo Valenzuela's shrines of disillusionment 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z One is small and delicate, full of decorative porcelain. A look inside Sandringham House, site of the royals’ annual holiday retreat 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z A Florida living room's pecky-cypress paneling was lightened by decorative painter Bob Christian, whose work can also be seen on the tile fireplace surround. AD's 50 Most Popular Pins of 2013 2013-12-13T05:00:00Z He started painting with oils too, producing bunches of flowers and even large decorative panels. Odilon Redon: Prince du R?ve - review 2011-04-12T13:01:37Z In the context of so much harsh and destabilizing work, they feel radically anodyne, decorative and humble. The use and abuse of the feminine in Hirshhorn’s ‘Marvelous Objects’ 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Last August, Vogue Italia published an article entitled “Slave Earrings,” citing “the decorative traditions of the women of colour who were brought to the southern United States during the slave trade.” Noticed: Adidas Cancels Release of Shackle Sneakers 2012-06-20T21:00:50Z It was a love match, despite a big disparity in age, and Marie-Isabelle loved Belgrave Castle as much as the duke himself did, “helping him to add beautiful decorative pieces to his existing heirlooms.” A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Like the label on the Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny, this Burgundy label includes all the pertinent information, yet it is presented without the traditional decorative touches, and uses a cleaner, simpler typeface. How to Read a Wine Label, in 12 Easy Lessons 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Tassels like the ones on the horse's bridal showed up everywhere, like on the brightly colored straw belts reminiscent of the horses decorative harness. Colors in, and black out, on Milan runway 2012-09-23T22:46:03Z The live auctions begin on December 13 with the film star's most iconic jewels, and continue through December 16 with additional auctions of fine jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and film memorabilia. Online auction added to Elizabeth Taylor sale 2011-11-14T18:36:03Z And yet, Glück writes, “Rose felt sometimes that she lacked depth. She felt a little one-note, like a highly decorative cave painting.” In Louise Glück’s New Book, Infant Twins Offer Contrary Worldviews 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The groom’s mother works in New York as a commercial and residential real estate saleswoman at the Corcoran Group and owns Janet Kain for the Home, an online decorative home accessories business. Shana Slutsky, Jonathan Greenberg 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Other sequences, featuring elaborate camera work that calls exaggerated attention to decorative objects, contrasts of light, reflections, and sudden movements, are hard to find in his sound films. Movie of the Week: “Dragnet Girl” 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z By the 1780s, the Turks were “militarily down,” said Charlotte Vignon, the Frick’s associate curator of decorative arts. Antiques: Artist?s Heroic Struggle to Make Heroic Paintings 2011-06-02T22:41:34Z The interiors retain much of their historic character, with handsome boiserie and decorative fireplaces, while boasting such amenities as a screening room. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z With simple but colorful and richly decorative illustrations a cut above the usual board-book art, both of these triangular-shaped books hide a different animal under large flaps. Books That Captivate Babies and Toddlers 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z All have a formal, decorative structure, with flowers judiciously mixed in. Give flowers and vegetables equal status in the home garden 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Some are stapling bits of charcoal on to ceiling panels to form a decorative pattern. Chiswick House: 2010-06-12T23:04:00Z The Getty focuses on Greek and Roman antiquities, European paintings, French furnishings and decorative arts, drawings, photography and medieval illuminated manuscripts. Getty's Potts: Richest museum can't outbid far richer collectors 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z At the same time, self-appointed men’s advocates complained that women were inordinately fond of the very types of decorative foods being marketed to them. How steak became manly and salads became feminine 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z The goal was provocative: to break down the traditional boundaries between high art and craft and to validate the decorative pattern work that female hands had applied to ceramics and textiles throughout the ages. Miriam Schapiro, 91, a Feminist Artist Who Harnessed Craft and Pattern, Dies 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The real UFOs at Frick Madison, expected in the first quarter of 2021, may therefore be the decorative arts: all those gilded clocks, all that Meissen porcelain, relocated from plutocratic salons into cubes of concrete. 11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Opera Gallery has a worldwide network of nine spaces, where it mixes decorative contemporary paintings with works by popular such big-name artists as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Bernard Buffet and even Banksy. Banking on the Appeal of ‘Bad Art’ 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z She can take a tangled set of decorative impulses and simplify them.” Kitchens by the AD 100 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z She has no regrets, she adds quickly, about her decorative roles. Gemma Arterton: ‘Everyone in the industry knows I'm a pain’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Scoring — the decorative slashing on the top of bread — helps direct expansion, and must be done quickly right before baking. Excellent gluten-free sourdough bread is possible — in just 5 easy steps 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z His pamphlets, with “beautiful, decorative title pages, used space, design and typography in a uniform way to make a recognizable brand,” Dr. Pettegree said. Long Before Twitter, Martin Luther Was a Media Pioneer 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The new gallery will give the Frick additional space to show sculpture and decorative objects. Inside Art: MoMa PS 1 Plans 9/11 Exhibition 2011-07-28T20:48:32Z It will feel the loss of the crab apple trees, which are full of effervescent blossom in April, decorative fruit in September and a sculptural quality in the winter. Melania Trump’s Rose Garden redo draws criticism, but it’s long overdue 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z This exhibition, with more than 35 garments from the Kyoto Costume Institute, shows how fashion designers around the world have — much more recently — borrowed from and adapted the kimono’s fabrics, silhouettes and decorative motifs. Mark These Dates: A Wave of Art Is Coming Your Way 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The auction is part of the “Spring Catalogue” series, which also includes sales for wine, estate jewelry and watches, and fine and decorative arts. An Arredoluce Floor Lamp Is on the Block 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z T-shirts advertising YouTube or sportswear companies are juxtaposed with decorative motifs like lions, birds and arabesques that wrap around the figures, moving from background to foreground. Art Review: The Diaspora Is Remixed 2012-03-22T22:53:15Z Sherman wanted to create a line of plates based on some of the most iconic patterns that could serve as decorative accessories. China from the White House to your house 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Plywood walkways protecting the decorative stone and tile floors snaked through the four main halls, where workers in overalls and steel-toed boots labored alongside T-shirted techies hunched over laptops. ‘Futures’ comes alive in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The Bar at the Lambs Club claims that decorative sweet spot between homage and spoof. The Tipsy Diaries: Where the Lights Aren?t Neon 2011-03-17T14:00:16Z Their decorative borders and patterned album pages are a revelation. Times Critics’ Guide: What to Do This Week 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z I spent three years working on this series, collaborating with my dear friend decorative painter Nancy Lorenz and my Florentine goldsmiths. Jewelry Designer Temple St. Clair Carr's Guide to Paris 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere it fills out the texture with a Latin beat or dance rhythms, relegating the acoustic instruments to more decorative roles. Music Review: Joel Sachs Takes New Juilliard Ensemble to MoMA 2010-07-26T23:43:00Z The study, which opened on June 26, is an excellent example of late Second Empire decorative arts. In Transit Blog: After Renovation, a Busy Summer at Fontainebleau 2013-07-17T16:51:29Z “I keep it simple with either a small lumbar pillow — for those extra-late nights of reading — or a thin decorative throw to add some texture.” How to choose the perfect reading chair 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z If her passagework lacked the spitfire intensity that some sopranos could bring to the music, she treated the runs and embellishments as decorative extensions of the vocal line. Music Review: Rossini?s ?Armida? Has Its Premiere at the Met 2010-04-13T20:20:00Z Andrew Greenbaum, an industrial designer, describes it as a decorative art piece that is also a pool toy. Swans. Pineapples. Angel wings. How the novelty pool float conquered Instagram. 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Some are realistic renderings; others are just outlines snipped from decorative papers. Review | In the galleries: In two exhibitions, three painters put aside their brushes 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z But they often work as decorative objects even when empty. You Call That a Vase? 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Jack, known in academia by the decorative initials J.A.K., is the founder of the college’s department of Hitler Studies. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The architects of Harlem River Houses updated the decorative details, giving entrances Art Deco canopies and tall modernist windows; courtyards, elaborate fountains, benches and trees. Three Sunny New Libraries Are Neighborhood Lifelines 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “In doing so, the decorative top or capital of a column will extend past the width of the beam.” House Plans: A New Take on Tradition 2010-04-14T12:37:00Z It’s figurative but highly stylized, sculptural but brimming with surface detail, decorative but functional, and luxurious without seeming too removed from popular tradition. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z French decorative touches abound, and the banquettes are covered in Moroccan kilim fabric. The Jones, Paying Homage to Great Jones Cafe, Opens in NoHo 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z “Having fun doing these wacky little drawings and decorative things.” New Blue-and-White Ceramics from BDDW 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z This type of brick treatment is typically just a facade: a decorative facing that’s separate from the wall that holds up the house. Why exterior bricks may crumble over time, and how you can prevent it 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Fine and decorative art, as well as a huge number of costumes, mean everyone has something to admire. 1000 kids | Art and design museums 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z Connoisseurs of decorative arts make pilgrimages to see this rare example of a lavish antique bed with original textiles. Museums Are Trying New Things in the Bedroom 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Last month, Patricia E. Kane, the gallery’s lead American decorative arts curator, used a pearly penknife to slice open the bruised and dented boxes. Antiques: Antiques: Furniture Dossiers, Naval Flags and Railroad Items 2012-02-09T22:09:18Z Achieve a luxe neutral look with white upholstery and decorative accents in a variety of light hues to add extra depth and dimension. 101 Living Room Decorating Ideas 2014-04-29T14:53:33.210Z The fact that the vegetable garden is utilitarian, and not a decorative potager, is telling. Inn at Little Washington offers peek at its carefully concocted grounds 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Like jewelry, decorative lighting “is not the thing that’s going to keep you warm,” said Jason Miller, Roll & Hill’s founder. A Panorama of Design 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z It is a Soundsuit, a work by the contemporary African-American artist Nick Cave, famous for his distinctive fabric sculptures covered in strange gewgaws and decorative exotica. From home of Wal-Mart, a world-class museum rises 2011-10-15T00:11:04Z But it is during the winter when its decorative, glossy and exfoliating bark stands out the most. This distinctive tree is vastly underappreciated — and it’s dying out 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Before the Reformation unleashed these art attackers, art in Britain was just as rich and decorative as anywhere in medieval Europe. What makes art a target for attack? 2013-07-08T16:23:22Z Ninety objects, 29 of them paintings, are on display, illustrating the complete range of Raphael’s talents, including his designs for sculptures, tapestries, prints and the decorative arts. For Britain’s National Gallery, a Raphael Show Comes at the Right Time 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z We were advised in a note that the poncholike towels hanging on the walls were purely decorative. A Tranquil Oasis in Greece 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The women keep the time, in a way, yet they are also decorative, framing the action in a particular and sometimes disheartening manner. Dance Review: Burr Johnson at Danspace Project 2012-06-03T21:30:53Z Phil’s golden gramophone sits casually on a dining-room sideboard; prime decorative real estate, but afforded no more ceremony than a favorite plant. Backing Brandi: How the Hanseroth twins and Brandi Carlile became a Grammy-storming ‘misfit’ family 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The woody plants — native beauties such as dogwoods, redbuds, fothergillas and fringe trees — were used to soften the edges between woodland and field and to provide color in spring, when the meadow is least decorative. At Longwood Gardens, a new meadow for the ages Finish by filling spaces between plants with decorative sheet moss. Cool Digs for Your Dog 2010-05-26T17:49:00Z Its two towers were originally Romanesque but later capped with tall Gothic spires, while the west facade is structurally Romanesque but with a decorative Gothic “curtain” added. Centuries of survival: Inside France’s gothic cathedrals 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z All of which leaves Boyega little to play but a social-justice warrior who finally finds a use for his decorative samurai sword. ‘Naked Singularity’ Review: Injustice For All 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z This compact volume traces the 500-year history of the bookplate, those decorative labels pasted inside a book's cover that discreetly declare ownership. 22 gift books for ardent readers 2011-12-01T20:30:48Z The expansive Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is known for its vast collection, including encyclopedic holdings of graphic and decorative arts. 36 Hours in Montreal 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Just remember, there will be no frost giants or White Walkers, and any on-screen dragons will surely be of the decorative variety. Netflix gives another sneak peek at 'Marco Polo' 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z For artists, the gamble is that their works will get lost in the action of the show or, perhaps worse, be seen as merely decorative. “Empire”: TV’s Contemporary-Art Gallery 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z In addition to decorative fabrics, the initiative also produced ready-to-wear fashion, stoneware and jewelry in limited quantities. Some of Jackie O.’s Favorite Fabrics are Back on the Market 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The traveling show features recent archaeological finds and a variety of lavish decorative arts including jewelry, devotional statues, textiles and porcelain, many of which are being displayed in the United States for the first time. Ming dynasty finds the stars of 'Royal Taste' at USC Pacific Asia Museum 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Other amenities and features include a parlor room with decorative antique church organ and harp, genuine period glassware, original hardwood floors, woodwork, light fixtures, pocket doors and fireplaces. 'Silence of the Lambs' home open for Halloween travel with spooky props, interactive set 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Lawyers for Disney swiftly filed suit in federal court here the following month, painstakingly noting each detail of the “nearly identical” logos, down to the “decorative flourishes and floral designs.” Travails of ‘Legend of Sarila,’ Canadian Animated 3-D Film 2014-02-07T22:08:01Z Two walls of gray cabinetry minimize clutter, and racks of wine bottles and glasses are both functional and decorative. Bringing light and life to a rowhouse kitchen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Louis XVI furniture and decorative objects that are the real thing do not sell well these days. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z It is built round the outstanding collection of French decorative art that Jean Paul Getty, oil tycoon and once America's richest man, left to his museum at his death. The lap of luxury 2011-07-29T22:55:02Z His acrylic paintings are decorative and ornate, a bridge between two worlds. As Tensions Rise With Iran, So Does Interest in Art It Inspired 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z A piece of this desert glass forms the centrepiece of a decorative scarab found on the mummified body of Tutankhamun. Mark Miodownik: an obsession with materials 2013-05-24T15:53:00Z My search led me to decorative painter and artist James Alan Smith, who began his career as an apprentice for the legendary muralist, decorative painter and interior designer Richard Lowell Neas. Traditionalists will tell you that you shouldn’t paint your floors. They’re wrong. 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z A contemporary light on the mantel doubles as a decorative and functional element. How to give a room with wainscoting a more informal look 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z He first worked at the National Gallery as a curator from 1990 until 2002 when he moved to Washington to be the senior curator of sculpture and decorative arts at the National Gallery of Art. Director of National Gallery in London Announces Plans to Retire 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z There’s no equivalent of Madrid’s Prado, though I do recommend the Tile Museum, dedicated to the decorative fillip that makes the city so distinctive. How I Fell for Lisbon 2012-05-25T20:23:37Z If you are experiencing anger or frustration, DiCarlo advises incorporating calming gray-blues that can quiet tempers, either with paint or decorative pieces such as furnishings or artwork. Pandemic and other 2020 angst getting you down? There’s a color for that. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z My father was an elementary school principal and it seemed like every kid had given him a decorative tin of hand-made holiday treats. Home for the holidays with an eating disorder 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Through the adjoining dressing room where the floor is lined with decorative high heels there is a large en suite bathroom with marble-topped fittings. Bold and brave: design in a rental house 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z The paint-and-fabric pieces in Curtis’s “Diamond Blind,” at Flashpoint Gallery, suggest Asian textiles and embroidery, as well as such traditional decorative techniques as batik. In the galleries: Where did all the humans go? 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z In the painting, though, it is replaced with a broken lance – more elegant, more decorative, but less disturbing. The Italian Renaissance drawings at the British Museum show what lies beneath 2010-04-04T20:30:00Z His mother had shelves of what looked like leather-bound classics, but they were decorative, faux-leather cases for video cassettes of movies and soap operas. How ‘Shuggie Bain’ Became This Year’s Breakout Debut 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But the project also deliberately returns the theater to some of its former decorative glory. City Center Gears Up for Its Grand Reopening 2011-10-10T16:26:15Z Renowned for its historic collections of the decorative arts, the V&A sometimes stumbles when it encounters the contemporary, but “‘Decode” is a happy exception. Design: London Portrays Past and Future of Digital Art 2009-12-14T11:34:00Z Items will include fine and decorative art, books, costume jewelry, photography and memorabilia. Christie’s to Auction Items From the Collection of Lee Radziwill 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Stephen Harrison, then the museum’s decorative arts curator, let her know that he had made a discovery. The Art Fair Curators Love 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The Western, nonspecialist viewer may be oblivious to much of the standardized symbolism woven into many pieces of seemingly purely decorative character. Art Review: To See a Universe in the Tiny Details of Chinese Artifacts, Boxes to Birds 2010-12-31T23:22:04Z Under “Prayers, Petitionary,” Auden includes a line from the camp novelist Ronald Firbank that should be embroidered on a sampler: “ ‘Heaven help me,’ she prayed, ‘to be decorative and to do right.’ ‘The Complete Works of Auden’ showcases writings beyond the poetry 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z A show of German and Austrian decorative arts from the collection of Harry C. Sigman, a Los Angeles lawyer, will open the same day. Inside Art: Art Comes to Taxi TV; ‘German Expressionism’ at Neue Galerie 2013-01-03T22:24:54Z That history then continues in the decorative patterning of those panels. David Adjaye on Designing a Museum That Speaks a Different Language 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z This aesthetic was on show in the derivative, decorative works on offer at Christie’s “Chinese Contemporary Ink” auction on May 29, which raised 17.7 million dollars. The Biggest-Selling Artist at Auction Is a Name You May Not Know 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z In San Antonio, while touring the local missions with the homeowners, they noticed how pomegranates appeared as a decorative motif, recurring frequently in plaster and adobe ornamental flourishes. T Magazine: The Secret Gardener 2012-10-05T14:00:44Z Her face is both a decorative mask and a fragile container of roiling emotion, encapsulating the wry duality of Tsai’s cinema. ‘Face’ Review: Close Encounters 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z These slabs of tuff, basalt or dolomite are carved with highly decorative crosses, and their elaborate patterns suggest the influence of Islamic culture even as they attest to an unshakable Christian faith. Reverent Beauty: The Met’s Armenia Show Is One for the Ages 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Helen Zughaib partly conceals the hues behind a decorative screen, a motif in her work that also represents the seclusion of women in traditional societies. In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Lots of people consider it superficial and wrong for us to include these decorative maps in the exhibition. Art of maps 2010-04-30T09:48:00Z Both tree peonies and intersectionals tend to have enormous flowers that appear earlier than regular peonies, usually as single or semi-double forms with highly decorative central stamens. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The pageantry that goes along with it—the monologue and the speeches and the production numbers—is a gaudily decorative sidebar, a kind of secondary performance that reveals character independent of art. Live-Blogging the 2017 Oscars 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Clearing everything out has been a herculean effort, involving 3,000 feet of Bubble Wrap and more than 500 packing boxes for the decorative objects and books alone. Bunny Mellon’s Keen Eye Is a Boon to Sotheby’s 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Italians termed their own variation of art nouveau Stile Liberty, and after Turin’s international exhibition of decorative arts in 1902, the city was its undisputed capital. 10 of the best European cities for art nouveau 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z And don't worry if there isn't anything decorative to potentially disguise. Curtains, blinds or both? Here’s how to pick window treatments 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z They bought feverishly, not only art but also decorative objects and exotica. Art Review: What They Loved and What They Bought 2011-05-06T06:15:06Z There are hints of a newly decorative and permissive approach, but the loosening up is carefully calculated. Consider the social-architectural context of LACMA's 1965 design 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z A chest with a lamp and decorative items on top will add storage and create a focal point. An elegant chandelier takes a builder-grade foyer from bland to beautiful 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z From a decorative perspective, one might also mention the distinguishing presence of the seder plate, a ceremonial platter meant to display six symbolic foods. Our Favorite Seder Plate Designs 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The actress inside the song wants to be taken seriously, not dismissed as decorative. When Women Won’t Accept Theatrical Manspreading 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Rather than borrow natural forms for decorative elements, she convenes them for shamanistic power. In the galleries: Finding, and creating, nature in the city 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z She called the investigation that led to Ms. Baumann’s ouster “biased” and said that she had also changed her mind about leaving the museum her collection of decorative objects. Cooper Hewitt Donor Pulls $5 Million Gift to Protest Director’s Ouster 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z For special occasions, we use a large, star-tipped pastry bag to pipe the potatoes in decorative swirls – but they're every bit as impressive simply spooned into the dish. Spectacular Thanksgiving Sides 2010-11-19T16:21:00Z Yet when I looked at the aesthetics on my studio wall, I realised they were far more than just decorative. Ode to joy: how to find happiness in balloons and rainbows 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z Fresh raw herbs can be a fun, verdant touch, but they're mainly just decorative. How to put together an A+ antipasto platter 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Monaghan was pretty enough to fulfill that role's decorative requirements, but off-center and quick-witted enough to make the results distinctive. The secret of her success 2011-04-01T15:28:00Z The artist dries the wood fully, so that no further deterioration is possible, and what was once harmful becomes decorative. In the galleries: Scenes of nature with allusions to religious art 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s a promising possibility for the old-school three-ring binder in which McCoy has, for the past year, been assembling a list of Georgetown’s historical, decorative and locally produced manhole and utility covers. ‘History right under our feet’: Decorative manhole covers are a window on Washington’s past 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The decorative foil around pots of poinsettia prevents drainage and should be removed or punctured to prevent wet soil. Old trees thank you for your support 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Lauder founded that museum, on 86th Street and Fifth Avenue, with Serge Sabarsky, an art dealer who died in 1996, as a showcase for German and Austrian fine and decorative art. Inside Art: Lauder Art at Neue Galerie, Warhol Films at Whitney 2011-09-22T20:00:32Z Most of Lee-McCann’s paintings place a blue-and-white vessel amid a mountainous vista, but she also made a few pictures of everyday contemporary objects, such as staplers and tape dispensers, embellished with classical Chinese decorative motifs. Review | In the galleries: Exhibits explore the many meanings of blue 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Layer them on an ornate oblong platter, and they will become the most decorative feature of any table. A Case for Eating Herbs as if They Were Vegetables 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The church in its courtyard underwent several architectural and decorative modifications over the centuries — most recently in the Brancovenesc style — without losing previous characteristics and elements. Romanian rhapsody — exploring an unsung destination in Eastern Europe 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z But much more important, and boring, things such as better lighting and security need to be prioritised over the decorative touches. Safety must become Latitude festival's top priority 2010-07-19T14:17:00Z Really, though, I’d prefer more information in simpler circumstances; save the decorative scaffolding for the Calvin Klein store. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Brass pieces for the missing decorative parts would be about $35 each, plus labor to install. How to find missing pieces for an iron bed Smaller, more decorative items will be available on barneys.com. Wyeth opens a pop-up shop at Barneys New York 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The sale will comprise more than 100 lots of furniture and decorative objects, among them cabinets stools, several pairs of beds, and many Venetian-themed pieces. Kennedy Furniture from Winter White House in Palm Beach Set for Auction 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z More compelling overall are the decorative objects -- bowls, boxes, vases and jewelry. Craft & Folk Art Museum weaves 'Little Dreams in Glass and Metal' 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Together they carefully determine the balance between paintings and decorative works, which gives the display its unique character. Art: Art & Design London Succeeds With an Outstanding Mix of Pieces on Offer 2011-10-14T13:00:17Z There were parts of the collection that were almost minimalist and vaguely humanistic, such as a short-sleeved, white dress with decorative seams forming a diamond pattern. In Paris, Balenciaga and Dries Van Noten display divergent approaches Serve them in decorative liners, such as these colorful fluted flower cups from bakeitpretty.com. 2010-02-08T16:41:00Z Typically adorned with decorative eggs, this bread flavored with anise and orange is an Easter staple. Giada De Laurentiis' cinnamon rolls are cozy and inviting, especially fresh out of the oven 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Or would you just think: Oh, a very decorative dress? A Trinity of Opinions on the Met’s ‘Heavenly Bodies’ 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Shop for cork-centric souvenirs that extend beyond the bottle stopper at Cork & Co, a bi-level store filled with eco-conscious designs, from decorative bowls to stylish wine coolers carved from the lightweight material. 36 Hours in Lisbon 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The music remains a decorative backdrop, and never gives dramatic shape to what is a modest, sincere piece of theatre. The Lion's Face 2010-05-25T22:40:00Z There is a diner with rock walls and brown leather booths, a cavelike dive bar and a decorative trailer out by the pool. Palm Springs Is in Demand, With Help From Coachella 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Pour into individual containers or a decorative bowl. Wine jelly is the nostalgic dessert that deserves a comeback 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z He has his own block-printed textile company, and his pillows, bedding and other decorative items are made there. Maharajahs Ruling in the Connecticut Wilds 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z We sat at a table covered in a starched white tablecloth, a decorative centerpiece of bright green apples and two dozen bottles of Pugliese olive oil. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z In replacing it, I toyed with planting a little hedge of rue, which is an undervalued decorative herb, but I settled instead on rosemary. After the harsh winter, a spring undertaking In commercial buildings, such as taverns and pharmacies, the mosaics grew more decorative, as the country transitioned from the Victorian era to the arts and crafts, art nouveau and art deco periods. Tiny tiles are back in a big way 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Among the Swedes there is a notable amount of work by female artists: paintings, sculptures, embroideries, carpets and other decorative arts. In Search of Hilma af Klint, Who Upended Art History, But Left Few Traces 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It’s always a good day when the so-called decorative takes no prisoners. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Our host’s home was separated from ours by a lovely screened-in porch adorned with cushioned wicker furniture, decorative bird cages and palm fronds. Jacqueline Woodson on Africa, America and Slavery’s Fierce Undertow 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Traditionally, accent chairs are intended to be used only when extra seating becomes necessary, so they tend to be equal parts functional and decorative. Small-space living: The best accent chairs for small spaces Look for spare boxes, and cover them in decorative scrapbook or wrapping paper to make them look nicer, Green suggests. Make your cooking life easier with these simple steps for an organized pantry 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Quilts are also highly personal, said Amelia Peck, a curator of American decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This Old Thing? Quilts Hit the Catwalk 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The fragile strangeness of ordinary objects is also evident in sculptures of potted cactuses, books and decorative knickknacks, all made from painted tissue paper. Uncharted seas in 'How to Build a Foghorn' at Samuel Freeman Gallery 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The short version is that I ordered a set of decorative wall panels and waited several months for them to be delivered. 6 ways to sniff out an online shopping scam 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In 2021, Nevada became the first U.S. state to ban certain kinds of water-hogging decorative grasses, leading to lawns being dug up and replaced with native succulents, mulch, and crushed stone. We're rethinking our lawn design (and you should, too) 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Another shows how to leave a decorative stamp on a roll of paper towels: Fold the sides of the end sheet into a triangle and roll tightly. Perspective | An easy way to put on a duvet cover, and other housekeeping tips worthy of going viral 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Ligorio basically used Hadrian’s Villa as a quarry to provide statuary and decorative stonework for his vision. Tivoli: Still Rome’s great escape after 2,000 years 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Mostly we’re hunting for decorative moldings to give the staircase a quick hit of faux dignity. ?The Vanilla Ice Project? on the DIY Network 2012-01-13T17:00:00Z It presents 86 drawings, paintings, woodblock prints and decorative objects dating from the 17th to the early 20th century. Review: ‘Life of Cats’ Spotlights a Centuries-Old Fascination in Japan 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The bar top is partially made of subway grating and the decorative metalwork is from Park Slope fences. Two New Movie and Dining Spots in Brooklyn 2010-07-22T21:17:00Z The waveform appears as a kind of decorative trellis supporting both figures. Oasa DuVerney’s Black Power Wave 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z In the ultra-stylized portraits of this Brooklyn-based painter, flesh resolves into Euclidean shapes and decorative patterning: eyes and breasts appear as little half-moons, foreheads and shoulders as perfect semicircles of pink and powder blue. TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The new film’s twists and turns are strongly, if fleetingly, absorbing—even if Director X delivers them in a mainly decorative mode that merely conveys them without expanding them. “Superfly,” Reviewed: A Classic Remade for a Gun-Mad Age 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The work it shows may be loose or precise, abstract or figurative, but it’s always handsome and unapologetically decorative. In the galleries: Few hard edges in sight 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Small was big, said several dealers, as people concentrated on paintings and decorative accessories to refresh their homes, rather than redoing rooms with major furniture or furnishing new houses. Signs of Rebound in Antiques Market 2010-02-18T00:24:00Z In its purest sense, horticulture is the science and art of growing plants, but it is rare to find a horticulturist who doesn’t see the biological web in the decorative landscape. The garden is a sanctuary — for plants, animals, Mother Earth and you 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z “What I learned was that art has a political responsibility. It’s not meant to be decorative.” Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z I can only hope that ornate, decorative, or even absurdist shakers — both holiday-themed and not — will continue to hold a special place on the dining room and kitchen tables of the future. Your salt and pepper shakers have a surprisingly spicy history 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z For two decades she ran the department of decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she was responsible for numerous acquisitions and oversaw the museum’s permanent collection. Director of Frick Is to Retire 2010-09-22T15:03:00Z The movie “Apollo 11” manages to capture that feeling of displacement, of nonspecificity, from a few familiarly decorative clips and to extend it through the length of the entire hour-and-a-half feature. “Apollo 11,” Reviewed: A Found-Footage Documentary With No Sense of Discovery 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The floor is now polished Italian marble, and the decorative ceiling is brass. Browsing: Scouting Report 2010-09-29T22:35:00Z You can find cute options on Etsy, Amazon, or even at stores like Michaels, and from there, you can simply place a few decorative items, like faux flowers, on each side for a balanced design. What to do with that empty space above your kitchen cabinets 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Ross said she was happy to be an outlier among the conventional furnishings and decorative objects of Milan Design Week. Getting a Brighter View During Milan Design Week 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The Alabama-based artist remakes traditional decorative motifs in unexpected media, rendering fabric patterns in 3-D form as cast cotton paper or kiln-formed glass. Review | In the galleries: A rock-and-roll odyssey through sex, race and religion 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Their reading of Brahms’s Quartet in G minor was structurally convincing, allowing the listener to observe how a decorative element gains emotional weight and becomes, for a while, the focus of attention. Review: ‘Romantic Piano Quartets,’ From Chamber Music Society 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Moving to London Fashion Week, rather than showing in New York, Ms. Scott had been inspired recently by the gilded and decorative work of the artist Gustav Klimt. On the Runway Blog: A Reflection: Suzy Menkes on the Fashion Designer L’Wren Scott 2014-03-17T19:01:28Z It’s a big signature, maximally decorative and triply underlined. Review: ‘Once on This Island,’ Revived and Ravishing 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z She spent unpaid time every week reading texts and emails from colleagues looking for substitutes and once, while teaching a class, a decorative buddha fell and severed the tendons in her foot. Psst. Kid. Wanna Teach Some Yoga? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Prum makes an elegant, plausible argument that rather than having evolved for flight, feathers may actually have first evolved as a decorative surface for sexual display: fitness as a downstream benefit of beauty. Survival of the Prettiest 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The silver was the kind your grandmother used for company: a coffee set, a tea set and silver boxes made in Southeast Asia; decorative carved figures of elephants, deer and foo dogs. The eclectic estate of Roberta McCain — John McCain’s mother — went up for auction. So did a piece of Old Washington. 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Our whole artistic history crawling with the decorative bodies of black women. Broken, Defaced, Unseen: The Hidden Black Female Figures of Western Art 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z When it comes to decor, you can really amp things up with decorative gourds, greenery, and candles. A Thanksgiving cheese basket to cure pre-dinner hanger 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z There was no art on the walls; a monochromatic nature print above the headboard provided the sole decorative touch. Hotel Review: The St. Regis Toronto 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z What’s more, the restaurant is positioning its decorative Santa as some kind of Christmas-themed status symbol, perfect for shaming your neighbors over their shoddy holiday displays. Whataburger's newest Christmas offering is a giant inflatable Santa yard ornament 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Instead incorporate standards such as sconces, mirrors, and decorative plates. Dressed-Up Christmas Mantels 2010-12-06T16:06:00Z It holds one of the world’s great collections of late-18th-century French furnishings and decorative arts. | How to Visit Some of Paris’s Finest Museums but Skip the Crowds 2014-02-01T00:15:00Z The brand’s ceramics grew to include not only cups, but also all manner of tableware and other decorative pieces like pendant lamps, which are now made by some 70 artisans. Are You an Astier Person? 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Starting in November, their family will be selling more than 170 paintings and decorative objects from the couple’s estate at Christie’s in New York and Hong Kong. Inside Art: Abstract Meditations 2010-09-23T21:39:00Z For every recognizable vase of flowers, there is a shape that might be a wall hanging or a decorative screen or perhaps just another shape. Farah Atassi paintings: Part Picasso and pure catnip for fans of midcentury design 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z But when the jeans were glimpsed under decorative drapes, the show took off. Fashion Review: Bold or Subtle, Skin Is In 2013-07-03T17:26:27Z Sometimes, though, just a decorative collar will do. A Toast to Bulldogs in Tuxedos and Chihuahuas in Chiffon 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Duwenhögger is a sly, seductive stylist and storyteller, adept at figurative painting as well as film, sculpture and suavely domestic installations — all guided by a decorative sensibility that is both between-the-wars and among cultures. Your Last Chance to See One of New York’s Great Gallery Spaces 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z She also discusses decorative elements with the artist, such as framing: Lucite box or chipped wooden molding? How to collect affordable, original works of art 2011-08-31T04:16:04Z It’s estimated that 11% of consumers wear decorative contacts, according to studies by optometrists, most of which are purchased without a prescription. Cosmetic contacts for Halloween costumes prompt consumer warning 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Still, when images of heavy weaponry show up in a decorative border or a repetitive textile pattern, it is reminiscent of a primitive, though static, video game interface. War swept under and over the rug 2012-07-04T00:00:00Z Lately, RH’s appropriation efforts have gone into reproducing decorative items like spiral narwhal tusks, Congolese brass ankle bracelets and carved Ethiopian bowls. You May Be Surprised to Hear That Restoration Hardware Is Doing Great 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z A tall painted cabinet with doors is both functional and decorative. How to refresh a tired kitchen without a budget-blowing renovation 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The result of these experiences is an openness that goes beyond using non-Western decorative motifs. In the galleries: The devil is in the details in an exhibition filled with symbolism 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The decorative panels ended up embedded in the walls. Rebuilt Theater Opening Amid Debate 2010-12-10T22:43:00Z Empires come and go — but the decorative arts still cast their spell. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The film’s point of view isn’t clear regarding its characters—and Cuarón’s decorative visual style is calibrated to match the script’s vagueness. There’s a Voice Missing in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z His strength lay in tightening and tweaking reality a little beyond the real, creating a sharp and exacting artifice that brought the decorative, the abstract and the natural into perfect harmony. Landscapes and Still Lifes of New Territories 2010-12-30T23:01:02Z They were all positioned among the intaglio-adorned furnishings, the decorative hunting guns, the warrior suits and mosaic-framed mirrors of Florence’s historic abundance. Special Report: 'Lost Beauty' Is Found 2010-06-18T12:40:00Z And second, that everyone, everywhere, see decorative murals for the incredible and flexible art form they are. Unconstrained by Frames, an Artist Finds New Spaces 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As nail care became more decorative, it took on a greater association with femininity and fashion rather than simple grooming, she says. Man-icures: How male celebrities are popularizing painted, polished nails 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Creative decorative objects, crafted by Cuban artisans from repurposed items such as ink wells, oil lamps and bottles, are the lure of this store and coffee shop. Five Places to Shop in Havana 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A decorative painter who specialized in Gothic Revival designs, Mr. Parr started experimenting with artwork in his home in 1887. The David Parr House’s Hidden Gem in Cambridge, England 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Tiny mounds of bright yellow, blue, purple, red and green will be matched and spray-painted on the cast-aluminum parts at a company in Connecticut that specializes in decorative painting of hot rods and vintage cars. Whitney Restrospective for Jeff Koons’s Monumental Ambitions 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Among the earliest examples are works of remarkable decorative and structural complexity. ‘A History of Lingerie,’ at the Fashion Institute Museum 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z At the Getty Museum in Brentwood, curators last month rearranged the ornamental mirrors in the South Pavilion decorative arts galleries to make mirror selfies easier to achieve. Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The decorative arts and haute cuisine were flourishing in Paris in the late 19th century, but the era’s booming opportunities did not extend to its slums — nor to the majority of Frenchwomen. ‘Little Dancer’: Big roles for women in the Susan Stroman, Tiler Peck ballet musical The other resembles a decorative ribbon, its texture, form and surface making it seem to be racing through space. Lynda Benglis sculptures at Blum & Poe explode with extraterrestrial wonder 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The same month, he opened his first bricks-and-mortar boutique in New York with such decorative flourishes as a fox fur hammock and an industrial cage used for rotating installations. Alexander Wang makes sexy, attainable fashions for the texting generation 2011-10-19T15:30:00Z None of these devices seems to have any real dramatic function, remaining purely decorative. No sets, please, for Shakespeare – or anything else 2012-07-04T13:07:54Z The armory has been affiliated with art since its first stone was laid in 1877, but its founders used the visual and decorative arts to glorify military, economic and political power. Surrounded by Violence, and Contemplating Its Toll on Us 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Ingrao's decorative strategy in many ways mirrors Kara's approach to jewelry design, most notably her melding of rarefied materials with rawer, more humble ones. Inside The Glamorous New York City Penthouse Of Kara And Stephen Ross 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Along with jewelry, hats of this kind may be the most purely aesthetic of wearable art forms, the decorative icing on the cake of clothing design. Art Review: Hats, by Stephen Jones, at Bard Graduate Center - Review 2011-09-22T22:03:10Z Other touches that evoke the original are warm cherry wood, dark-green wainscoting, decorative elements with an Arts and Crafts look, and most of the art on the walls. Union Square Cafe Has a New Space but a Familiar Feel 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z There were stepped window frames and filigreed decorative squares, which are typical of Islamic architecture. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Food and drinks can be served on the pub’s wooden bar and decorative barrels. This inflatable Irish pub is a party venue that brings the traditional bar home 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z These plates are primarily decorative and not microwave- or dishwasher-safe, and they cannot be immersed in water. China from the White House to your house 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He got lost in her book collection: primers on lacework and knot tying, and, most of all, Owen Jones’s The Grammar of Ornament, the classic 19th-century compendium of decorative patterns. Natural Gifts 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z In addition to important Modern, Impressionist and American artworks, the collection includes categories like silver, furniture and decorative arts. Auction of Rockefeller Art Is to Benefit Charities 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z The pine wainscoting, woodwork on the doors, and decorative details on the central staircase are all original. On the Market: A Historic Southern Farmhouse 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiley toured the train hall taking note of decorative flourishes and metal work. Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Admired for her highly decorative, ironically titled riffs on Rococo-era old masters, Yukhnovich is one of several young female painters whose works soared to seven figures at auction last year. Obsessed by the Present, Who’s Got Time for Old Masters? 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z The apparent simplicity of the clothes, which were in fact carefully constructed, contrasted with high-octane accessories, from rich belts in wide pearl and crystal chains to the gilded decorative shoes. Fashion Review: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Out a Pearl of a Chanel Show 2011-10-04T17:38:09Z The whimsical style was inspired by the decorative screens that Rateau used in his extravagant projects. Glamorous de Gourney Wallpaper with Historic Roots 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Newberry poured bourbon from bottles decorative enough to be mistaken for luxury fragrance vessels and shared stories of how legendary gangsters ran bootlegging rings through Newport. Savoring Bourbon, and Its Storied History, in Northern Kentucky 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z "The Artist's Garden in Giverny," on loan from the Yale University Art Gallery, was painted around the year 1900 and shows his flower garden with a dense arrangement of irises and decorative trees. NYC exhibition evokes Claude Monet's flower garden 2012-06-02T17:01:17Z Rich wives may have had comforts, but they were essentially decorative property, without a voice. ‘Little Dancer’: Big roles for women in the Susan Stroman, Tiler Peck ballet musical There were also a number of fascinators, decorative shapes with flowers or feathers, that are stuck in one’s hair but are not hats. A Traditional Royal Wedding, but for the 3 Billion Witnesses 2011-05-01T04:18:15Z Otherwise its dancing seemed weakly decorative, unrelated to character. For Broadway Dance, High Kicks and Low Comedy in a Season of Change 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Some took a cue from the ornate decorative elements of Church and Vaux’s house design, with its stenciling, calligraphy and intricate tilework. Dreaming Up a Summer Idyll for Frederic Edwin Church 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z They give mundane scenes a cartoonish flair and make historical details look decorative, cheesy and contrived. Perspective | ‘Dickinson’ is another example of pop culture trying to liberate Emily Dickinson 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He carved grave markers from chunks of discarded limestone from demolished buildings, as well as lawn ornaments, bird baths and decorative sculptures. A ‘Holy Grail’ of American Folk Art, Hiding in Plain Sight 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z But as objects they are among the most distinctive and ambiguous creations in the histories of sculpture, architectural model-making and the decorative arts. Fantastical Cityscapes of Cardboard and Glue at MoMA 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The technique, often accomplished by smart machines, reduces the amount of material in a piece while boosting the decorative effect. Trends in Design and Home Furnishings 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Still, that vision of decorative femininity, complete with flowing capes and diadems, most resembles a live-action version of “Frozen” meets ”Game of Thrones.” Armani, Margiela and Female Strength 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Prior to this innovation, craftspeople across rural China were already cutting decorative shapes from thin sheets of silk, gold foil and tree bark. Tiny Architect-Designed Houses to Build at Your Desk 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z All items covering four categories - fine jewelry, fashion and accessories, costume jewelry and decorative arts and memorabilia - will be featured on Christie's website, beginning Friday. Online-only portion added to Liz Taylor auction 2011-11-14T16:36:13Z Where the trilogy often felt like a decorative soap, this is a more slyly political piece. Blue Dragon - review 2011-02-19T00:26:01Z Their loving two-and-a-half-year restoration incorporates colonial elements like a decorative Danish brick oven and a bar fashioned from the building’s original roof planks. On St. Croix, a Restaurant Twists Caribbean Classics 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z He was also hit with a charge of "malicious injury to property" after allegedly breaking a decorative dish. Nicholas Brendon apologizes after Idaho arrest, says he's rehab-bound 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z They're not merely decorative and they have a function beyond aesthetic appeal, so they do qualify as a "tool," but would one ever equate salt and pepper shakers and Instant Pots in the same breath? Your salt and pepper shakers have a surprisingly spicy history 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Now it’s time to have a talk about monogamy with your pandemic possessions and check out some housewares in person to continue to develop your newfound decorative insight. New York, It’s Time to Shop! (Masks on, Please) 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z A decorative musical staff provides the only ornamentation on the otherwise bare-bones, cramped set. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z They can be objects of high or decorative art but also historical artifacts, examples of technological developments or signposts of anthropology. Metropolitan Museum?s Western Instruments, in a Shinier Home 2010-03-11T23:20:00Z But what appears to be ancient, cracked decorative tile is actually a scrim of 66 panels of perforated canvas, each 90 feet high — the largest contemporary artwork commissioned for Rio 2016. Waves of Dark History Break on an Olympic Pool 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The result is more than 400 decorative pieces, assembled from feathers, bones, beads, pearls, crocodile scales, monkey skulls and human hair, all collected from the four corners of the globe. A Paris Exhibition That Wears Many Hats 2010-06-23T10:00:00Z I wonder if she can see herself ever accepting another decorative role again. Gemma Arterton: ‘Everyone in the industry knows I'm a pain’ 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z The carvers wear hats, ties and long aprons, just as they did long ago, and use hand tools to fashion decorative stone pieces. A sweet slice of small-town Western Washington in Tenino 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Trueman, who used to be a decorative painter before she tore a knee ligament muscling some file cabinets up the stairs, calls herself a botanical bricoleur. Urban Gardening on the Third Floor 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In fact, the decorative, gilded shell is ersatz, a contemporary iteration of a 16th or 17th century European motif filmed gracing a wall of the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Upended assumptions in "Augment This" at Cherry and Martin Gallery 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The masculine bearers of fashionable architecture counter the decorative arts of the fair sex. The Fashion Show From the Belle Époque 2012-10-08T13:33:21Z No, 'Potiche' actually translates more like a 'useless decorative object,' while a trophy wife is more like this very young woman, with a much older man, who's very showy. Catherine Deneuve; timid wife to tigress in "Potiche" 2011-03-24T21:21:26Z WED Arts & Crafts decorative tile manufacturing from 1910 through the 1920s, 4 p.m. Community calendar 2012-03-21T21:24:04Z Here amid sham battlements and decorative pinnacles, he entertained the high and mighty, arranged his beloved objects with a theatrical eye, and enthusiastically explored the architectural expediencies of papier-mâché. Tour one of England’s most extraordinary Gothic Revival mansions 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The biggest insult you could deliver to an abstract painter was that his art — I use the pronoun advisedly — was “decorative.” The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “It’s very pretty,” she said of the decorative object. At JFK Airport, every day is wild for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service inspectors 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z It dances on the boundary between written communication and abstract art, commercialism and high art, a strong decorative statement of coded messages that you, as a passing viewer, will never understand. Perspective | This legendary street artist has done walls, shoes and Bieber albums. Now he’s trying opera. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Different decorative motifs proceed down the tapered legs, which resemble inverted obelisks. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It became popular in Japan during the 15th century but was used mainly for architectural fittings and small decorative objects. A Japanese Cloisonné Charger Is on the Block 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Inside, the house retains much of the intricate decorative work conjured by two pupils of renowned Italian painter Giambattista Tiepolo. Capri, Italy : Stunning Villas, Castles, and Modernist Retreats to Rent This Summer 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z “I think if a first lady were purely decorative in the 21st century, it would actually look rather odd.” Michelle Obama, First in Fashion 2012-12-28T21:05:17Z Weber, who leads the department of fine and decorative arts at the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt Died 350 Years Ago. Why He Matters Today. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z In each of the 65 episodes, a Frick curator offers insights on a work of art in the museum’s collection — a painting, sculpture or decorative art — as well as a related cocktail. Bread, Pastrami and Cocktails: Museum Shows Focus on Food 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Both she and her sister have regularly been referred to in aristocratic circles as the “wisteria sisters” — “highly decorative, terribly fragrant and with a ferocious ability to climb,” according to The Daily Mail. Pippa Middleton Goes Out on Her Own. But She’s Not Alone. 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z “She looked like a decorative toilet seat cover.” Rivers Takes Aim at the Stars? Wardrobes at the Oscars 2010-03-06T02:50:00Z This 18th-century home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was converted to a museum in 2004, and its lower floors are now galleries for furniture and decorative arts. A Garden Crawl Through the Garden State 2010-06-24T21:42:00Z The rooms are characterized by white walls and linens, chocolate-rich wood, decorative splashes of sand, banana yellow, indigo, and fresh pink. A Secluded Caribbean Resort Reopens Treehouse Suites 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The resulting tensions may be too complex for the term Expressionist; the work has classical underpinnings and a harsh yet elegant decorative sense. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z I'm speaking mostly of kitchen/dining items such as serving platters, baking pans, decorative trays, etc. Perspective | Miss Manners: Declining invitations to marketing ‘parties’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Or use a timeless, deep shade of green as a wall color or a decorative accent in the kitchen. Pandemic and other 2020 angst getting you down? There’s a color for that. 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Brown’s newer dances feel far more presentational, sometimes even decorative. Dance Review: Trisha Brown Dance at Dia:Beacon 2010-05-03T21:42:00Z A striated bit of silk-screened sailing ship might form the superstructure for marvelously composed decorative swoops of color, energetic repetitions of pattern and tumultuous mash-ups of organic form. A lively dance by Pia Fries 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s a spectacular historical drama and bio-pic of a colorful, extravagant, decorative splendor—and its story dramatizes the emotional price of its extravagant show. What to Stream this Weekend: Director’s Cuts 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z There’s a decorative lipstick pucker on the side, too—as if somebody’s mother were asked to reaffirm the sentiment with a smooch. Three Songs That Pushed Me Forward in 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Open up the small room by replacing the large china cabinet with a buffet and a decorative mirror. Design a dining room that can also serve as a lounge and game space 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Mixing glass, birch and, of all things, a binder clip, the piece is decorative whether or not it contains a photo. Mother’s Day Gifts, Reframed 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Many of those who had praised his earlier paintings of the Thames for their verisimilitude found these later works, and particularly the “Nocturnes”, perplexing—too slight, too decorative, too unfinished. A river runs through it 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z It looks like decorative wall art for a doll house or a relic from the set of an ill-fated fourth “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” movie. This doll-size pan is the one kitchen item I can’t do without 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z In fact, design art was merely a revival of the decorative arts. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z By the end of the week he had modeled some 50 objects, “mugs with faces in them; strange, decorative or erotic objects; little animals; all sorts of things,” he said. Saint Clair Cemin on Broadway and at Paul Kasmin Gallery 2012-09-02T01:00:45Z “The whole ethos of the 1920s is about innovation,” said Sarah Coffin, the curator of product design and decorative arts at the Cooper Hewitt. A Jazz Age Exhibition With a Syncopated Sweep 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z He is wearing a new three-piece suit, shiny and brown with wide lapels with a decorative silver flourish. Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The clothes were decorative and a little decadent, knowingly undermining their own propriety through fabric and form. At Alexander Wang, Leather, Studs and Combat Boots 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z And most extraordinarily, and perhaps symbolically, she helps a disfigured romantic rival by commissioning decorative masks from another, artistic friend. She Wrote Frankly About Divorce, and Suffered the Consequences 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Instead, both cast dazzling decorative patterns on their colorful surroundings. Anila Quayyum Agha Uses Patterns to Break Patterns 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Nicholas R. Bell, the Renwick’s curator in charge, admits the show blurs the definition of craft and decorative arts. Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens With a New Focus 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The mottled green and brown-purple leaves persist and remain decorative long after the blooms fade. These native woodland plants deserve a spot in any garden 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z She will also be part of a broad American Modernist exhibition of 160 works of fine and decorative art, all from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Georgia O’Keeffe in a New Light, Hawaii to New York and Between 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Van Gogh’s mud-thick and choppy brushwork irritated Gauguin, who favored a decorative style based on smooth expanses of color. Van Gogh and the Consolation of Trees 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z I covered a few decorative edges in that post, but I figured it was about time for a second go-around. How to make bakery-worthy pie crust designs 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Lacquer coatings are great on purely decorative pieces that owners don’t want to develop a patina. How to remove white spots from a copper teakettle 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z To celebrate 15 years of the baguette bag, named for the crusty French loaf of bread, Fendi put on display the most colorful and decorative versions. Baguette Bag, Tucked Under the Arm and Turning Heads in Paris 2012-07-16T14:00:43Z Cut a small V shape into the cornet's pointed end to make decorative flowers or leaves to embellish a cake. Learn the secret for parchment paper piping bags 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z And the decorative ceiling — the work of the muralist Henry Siddons Mowbray — will be gently cleaned and restored, as will the original large bronze lantern that hung there and was discovered in the basement. Morgan?s Grand Library to Be Restored 2010-05-12T00:13:00Z The combination of exotic materials draws its inspiration from the decorative clocks of the Art Deco period of the 1920s and ’30s, which featured dramatic juxtapositions of gemstones, minerals, metals and crystals. Finely Made Clocks Emerge as Connoisseur Favorites 2012-11-21T16:30:23Z Now Christie’s is preparing to sell items from Mrs. Heinz’s collection in two sales — the artworks on May 13 in New York and the decorative items on June 4 in London. Christie’s to Auction Drue Heinz’s Art Collection 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The son dedicated his Atheneum wing to the father, supplementing it with gifts of adjacent real estate for future expansions and finally, after his death, a substantial gift of art and decorative arts. Review: Wadsworth Atheneum, a Masterpiece of Renovation 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The artists’ attentiveness extends to belts, buttons, purses, decorative borders and even seams in the cloth. Last Chance: ?Mourners,? Many Faces of Grief, at Metropolitan Museum 2010-05-12T21:46:00Z Meanwhile, the value of such rarities was put into perspective by some of the prices being paid at Christie’s for the decorative objects once owned by Mr. Pinto. At the Paris Biennale, Buyers Want Antiques. Just Not Too Many. 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Or a clump of red and yellow tomatoes beside a green sink, or, in a desolate, gray back alley, orange paint juxtaposed with rusty bricks and a building’s decorative coral touches. Four Not-to-Miss Photography Shows 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Ditto for two massive decorative urns owned by an antique marble dealer on the Eastern Shore. What a stolen Alexander Hamilton letter reveals about the sticky business of fine art 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z I also like that, in Nigerian visual culture, the symbols work both as decorative elements and as a way to connect with the spiritual world. Diana Ajaita’s “Iya Ni Wura (Mother Is Gold)” 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z A simple check can be introduced through upholstery and decorative touches. How to incorporate 7 popular patterns in your home, according to experts 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Patterns she incises into areas of flat color suggest decorative motifs seen on kimonos. Review | In the galleries: At cultural center, art that’s tethered to South Korea 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z It uses Western cement construction, then in its infancy here, but with Chinese decorative motifs. Heads Up: The King Yin Lei Mansion in Hong Kong Is Saved 2011-04-29T18:55:00Z It also provides space to display decorative objects and books. Use bold colors to make a big impression, even in a small space 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z He was also hit with a charge of "malicious injury to property" after reportedly breaking a decorative dish. Nicholas Brendon of 'Buffy' faces grand theft, criminal mischief claims 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Other young designers share Studio Job’s passion for the decorative arts and crafts. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z The overall structure is completely satisfying, and its composite parts – the small decorative, inventive details of its variations – are scintillating. On the art of variation: why Paganini's theme is so popular 2013-07-05T10:36:51Z In their Florida condo, my mom had 34 decorative fish. My parents are dead—can I afford avocado toast now? 2023-08-26T04:00:00Z Christie's holds around 450 auctions annually in more than 80 categories, including fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, collectibles and wine. Head of auction house Christie's to step down amid record sales run 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Once you've applied your decorative edge, go all out with the chilling — the freezer included. How to make bakery-worthy pie crust designs 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Tell me about the panel shapes and decorative elements on your “birth of the state” page spread. Not the Harvey Pekar graphic novel you’d expect 2012-07-13T13:39:00Z He was also navigating the minefield of cultural appropriation: Would such decorative art assume a different significance when used by an African, African-American or white photographer in a shoot? John Edmonds and the Allure of Africa 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Advertisement Christie’s will sell 35 lots of Ms. Ginsburg’s furniture, decorative objects and other art at its interiors auction on Aug. 25-26. The Washington Hostess Who Nurtured Warhol 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z There’s an inexplicable decorative turn by Snoop Dogg on “Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach,” and on “Some Kind of Nature” Lou Reed declaims with characteristic misery. Critics? Choice: New Music From Gorillaz, the Chieftains and Fenn O?Berg 2010-03-14T21:41:00Z These custom touches and the promise of privacy, delivered with mechanical efficiency, make this table one of the Met’s most seductive decorative objects. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z Laser cutting was developed to ventilate sport garments, but designers use the technique to create lacy decorative effects in silk and leather, she said. The newest fashions go high-tech at New York Fashion Week 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z One is studded with candied orange and raisins, the other with orange and hazelnut gianduja, each in a decorative tin designed by Gucci. Go Gaga Over Panettone 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Many are encircled by decorative borders with so much plant life that they are almost aromatic. Kelmscott Press, a Thing of Iron Musculature, Is to Be Sold 2013-12-05T15:00:01Z The group, which sent representatives to the festival, turns discarded flip-flops into sculptures, key rings, Christmas tree ornaments and other decorative pieces. Diaspora: Kenyans are forging a culture of conservation “There is a simple decorative element that alludes to a particular period, but there is also a strong narrative,” Mr. King said. New Destination for Art: Upscale Hotels 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Heard does what she can to overcome the essentially decorative nature of her part, while most of the rest of the cast does whatever mugging or ranting seems appropriate. | 'The Rum Diary': Hunter S. Thompson?s ?Rum Diary,? With Johnny Depp - Review 2011-10-27T22:54:08Z Logan's script delves into issues of real concern to artists: "pure art" vs. commercial/decorative art. In Seattle Rep's 'Red,' artists go to battle armed with paint 2012-03-02T19:27:03Z Sontag also writes, however, that the camp sensibility is "disengaged, depoliticized," and that it emphasises the "decorative . . . at the expense of content." LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z But there was a whole other strand of modernism, where women were far better represented, that commingled painting and sculpture with the decorative arts. The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The Scarlatti is purely decorative, the Stravinsky lightweight and never remotely dramatic, while the dark heart of La Valse is obscured in swathes of prettification. Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka; Brahms: Paganini Variations; Ravel: La Valse; Scarlatti: Two Sonatas 2010-06-24T21:12:00Z The two of them are pulled into Hugo’s hard-partying orbit, where women are mostly decorative objects, no matter how talented they are. She Stayed Silent When a Producer Turned Sexual Predator Went After a Friend 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Those bodies are finally too decorative and disposable, and the ease with which they fall undercuts the movie’s moral seriousness. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The pieces in the Long Gallery exhibition “Interior Dialogue” were exquisitely rendered tondos, round mounds of fabric printed with complexly colored images of decorative vases that floated within decorative backgrounds. Telling Stories of Black Life Rescued Him 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Second, it makes it easier to apply decorative edges. How to make bakery-worthy pie crust designs 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Block party guests will make decorative panels, including whimsical tombstones, for the museum’s 30-foot-long float, which will lead the procession on Sunday at 7 p.m. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The free watch is what is called a "fashion watch" — large face, wide band, raised decorative features around the face. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She didn’t like the watch he gave her. Now he’s ticked. 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z After a live tree died in her dressing room, Ms. Villafañe put some pine branches in a vase along with decorative snowflakes. Backstage on Broadway With the Holiday Spirit 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z That canvas, along with hundreds of other artworks and decorative objects, languished in a warehouse outside Paris. Inside Art: Muscarelle Museum Scholar Identifies an El Greco Work 2012-04-12T22:22:40Z But is now the time to buy decorative plants? No Natural Light? No Problem 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Buffeted by economic and intellectual tailwinds, the craftsmanship of tableware and other decorative items was at a high point in the period. Spring Shows to Keep Art Lovers Busy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The museum houses old master paintings, European sculpture and decorative arts. Frick museum announces expansion plan 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But the look also came with wide pants, complete with decorative suspenders. Milan designers propose assertive winter looks 2013-02-25T20:38:10Z Qing-era historians left only bare-bones outlines of women’s lives, and both the exhibition and a hefty catalog use clothing, paintings and the decorative arts to fill in big gaps in the Chinese historical record. Gentlewomen of the Forbidden City: The Power, the Intrigue, the Clothes 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Large, decorative friezes of polychrome glazed bricks, some of them molded into bas-reliefs, line the walls, pieced together like giant puzzles from thousands of fragments. Persian Collections at Louvre Are Worth the Journey 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z “What struck me was the attempt to present something decorative,” Taylor says. An artist captures the ‘ghost voices’ of abandoned houses 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The collection of about 1,400 paintings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative arts — including works by Rembrandt, Goya, Vermeer and Renoir — has more than doubled since the Frick opened in 1935. Frick’s Expansion Is Approved by Landmarks Preservation Board 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z You can wander freely around the estate taking in its decorative glories, but the knowledgeable docents are worth sticking with for at least a room or two. The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The bookshop, diner and grocers are framed by wrought iron gaslights, all adorned by golden leaf wreaths and decorative ears of corn. 'It's sunny and safe': why Gilmore Girls is perfect comfort TV 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The show includes exacting studies of Roman antiquity, including Palladio’s elegant pen-and-ink interpretation of a round temple described by Vitruvius and another of a decorative band grafted onto the base of a recycled column. | 'Palladio and His Legacy': ?Palladio and His Legacy? at the Morgan Library 2010-04-08T22:16:00Z Their purpose was “intellectual and decorative shopping,” as Montesquiou put it. Hanging With the Wits and Dandies of the Belle Époque 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Of a self-portrait from 1953: “I didn’t care for this much. But other people like it. I don’t know. I thought it was okay. A little decorative.” Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Devised by interior designers, the rooms create a natural environment in which to preview products—and they're completely shoppable, from the furniture down to the decorative objects and art. Kravet Introduces a Smart New Shopping Tool for Designers 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Displayed along one wall are the hooks, pot racks, fireplace tools and decorative crosses created in the studio. Blacksmithing roars back as homeowners seek out unique furnishings 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z He amassed extensive collections of rare books, musical manuscripts and fine and decorative arts, including Marie Antoinette’s canopied bed. Frederick Koch, low-profile Koch brother, dies at 86 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Sometimes these were functional, more often they were just decorative, but almost always they were grotesque. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z All but three of the singles come with decorative foreign sleeves with elaborate artwork, and, in the case of the Japanese sleeves, hilarious mistranslations of lyrics. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z “With the art and architecture competing for precedence, I wanted to ensure that any decorative additions were as simple and unimposing as possible,” Tarlow says. Tour Edythe and Eli Broad's Frank Gehry–Designed Brentwood Estate 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z There are those intriguing inscriptions, called sgraffiti, etched into the thick-walled buildings, a decorative custom imported from nearby Italy in the 16th century. Next Stop: Switzerland?s Little-Known Lower Engadine 2010-05-05T21:07:00Z Mr. Brush’s interest in metalwork and the decorative arts started early. Daniel Brush at the Museum of Arts and Design 2012-10-13T04:02:02Z New Year’s Eve is a time for extravagant dresses, decorative headdresses and oversize necklaces. | Start the Countdown 2013-12-28T00:19:16Z Amy Simon Hopwood, the museum’s associate curator of decorative arts, who helped spearhead the new installations, said that visitors are encouraged to wonder, “Who’s doing the work to keep the room glittering?” Ballantine House Overhaul to ‘Wake It Up and Shake It Up’ 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z A connection between Black’s piece and Ratajkowski’s collection is implied but never deeply explored, and the cultural reference feels decorative, adding texture, not depth. Review | In Emily Ratajkowski’s ‘My Body,’ we see the picture from her point of view 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z I will have to provide property for her, and decorative things, two or three bags of clothes. Welcome to Lagos: Nigeria's dirt poor 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z “Some contractors think it’s more trouble to save decorative pieces than work around them,” Miroglio says. 7 mistakes homeowners make when renovating older properties 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z They are decorative dust collectors, born to fall under a broker’s definition of “charm,” but I have inflicted utility upon them in the form of a library. The Virtues of Shelf-lessness 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z The food packages feature massively enlarged decorative elements, badly aligned printing and the texture of cardboard itself to yield what the artist terms “Utilitarian Abstraction.” Review | In the galleries: Intellectually engaging, visually striking and open to interpretation 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “When people think of chickens, they think of decorative little hens in the pretty little houses that you see on Instagram,” she writes. Three New Memoirs Bring the Farm to the Page 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z High plate rail: A deep shelf with decorative wood brackets turns the dead zone along a soffit into an attention-grabber. 28 Ways to Customize Your Kitchen for Less 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In these cases, the enclosures for the fire escapes and mechanicals became opportunities for these amazing decorative flourishes. Broadway Is Shuttered but Its Buildings Sing: A Virtual Tour 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “Crow Hill” and “Phoenix’’ combine antique quilts, old fabrics and used clothing from incarcerated people, using a variety of needlework and decorative techniques. Rethinking What It Means to Be a Philadelphia Artist 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Every decorative element was exaggerated to be visible from the last row of any theater. Want to Feel Like a Russian Ballerina? Start With the Tutu 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z I decided to show her another of my decorative touches. A BFF Takes On a DIYer (LOL) 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z In 1999, he designed a decorative scaffolding for the Washington Monument, which made the obelisk glow at night as if lighted from within. Michael Graves, innovative architect and designer, dies at 80 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z Many of them, like that in Gwozdziec, were centuries old and extraordinarily elaborate, with tiered roofs and richly decorative interior painting. Architecture: A 300-Year-Old Synagogue Comes Back to Life in Poland 2011-06-15T12:00:05Z The fidelity to the score ties “Narcissus” to the narrative faults of the music, which is more decorative than dramatic. ‘Narcissus’ Review: Remember Echo Too (and Don’t Forget Their Fate) 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The curator, meanwhile, is tasked with overseeing the art, furniture and decorative objects that are part of the house’s history. Closer to home, the Trump White House has two other big jobs to fill as well 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The most purely decorative — and rapturously beautiful — are those created from kaleidoscopic arrangements of thinly sliced agate stones in vivid combinations of color. Zurich, for a Song 2010-09-24T18:42:00Z Mr. Cox’s decorative arts and furniture will be sold in an online sale Nov. 9 to 19. At Museums and Auctions, Paintings, Posters and a Magician’s Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Bleckner veered toward romantic metaphor in paintings that recycled decorative emblems and styles regarded as obsolete at the time, like geometric abstraction and op art, into meditations on loss and grief. Searching for Light in the Darkness of the ’80s 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z You’re repeatedly blinded by his obnoxious decorative light display, which shines directly into your bedroom at night. Sympathy for Todd and Margo: Clark Griswold’s childless yuppie scum neighbors are holiday heroes 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Playing off his methods and the Surrealist game Exquisite Corpse, families will work together to make dream drawings and then dream sculptures from modeling clay and decorative materials. For Children Listings for Nov. 6-12 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Greek key strikes the right balance of decorative and simple, ancient and modern, masculine and feminine — all at the same time. This pattern keeps popping up in design, and it’s even older than it sounds 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z It immediately formed a department of decorative arts, the first in an American museum, and quickly built a new wing, which opened in 1910. Art Review: ‘Salvaging the Past,’ on Hoentschel, at Bard Graduate Center 2013-05-09T20:53:25Z The resulting lineup includes “Viva!,” an evening-length show featuring the dancer and choreographer Liñán and his company of male dancers, who perform in the elaborate, decorative costumes associated with female bailaoras. An Interrupted Conversation: The Flamenco Festival Returns 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In the 90s, political wives embraced their decorative status with a certain irony. The G7 was the final straw – world leaders’ wives should refuse to travel with their spouses 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Dr. Kusserow is a co-curator of “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment,” which includes paintings, artifacts, sculpture, prints, photographs and decorative art. Can Art Help Save the Planet? 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Some reveals are poignant: the decorative flourish as psychological tell. You Show Me Your Décor, I’ll Show You Mine 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to just have nice decorative things.” An Opera House Gives Contemporary Art a Major Role 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z We tried that at least once before, in the 1980s, as postmodernism softened in its middle age from an insurgent movement powered by theory to a largely decorative and scenographic one. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z We never meet said Prince, who it seems is only a decorative and empty-headed puppet of the true rulers of the realm. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Amoral Clarity 2011-07-18T15:23:00Z A Spanish tile roof, scalloped canvas awnings, iron lanterns, and decorative wrought-iron grilles on the arched front windows add to the appeal. Tour a Handsomely Modernized 1920s House in Florida 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Taylor intends to spread that feeling with Heather Taylor Home, her new collection of decorative linens inspired by memories of convivial, casually chic meals in Mexico and Greece. | Heather Taylor Home's Linens 2012-12-17T16:51:15Z After marveling at the fish in the decorative duty-free shop aquarium, multiple readings of “The Gruffalo” and an impromptu dance party in an empty corner, we board. Flying with my toddler is easy 2012-08-31T23:30:00Z She dyed this modern ooze a vivid purple and violet, studded it with flower buds, blossoms and a variety of junk-store toiletries, and shaped it with Jell-O molds and decorative cake pans. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z One of Chandrasekar’s principal inspirations is kolam, a decorative folk art practiced by women in southern India. In the galleries: Artists illustrate the evolving principles of geometric painting 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z This ticket from Massachusetts features an elaborate layout for the names of alderman candidates, a decorative style that also served to deter ballot manipulation. This Is What Democracy Looked Like 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z So does well-made decorative work in glass, wood, metal and fabric. In the galleries: The free-for-all that is Artomatic 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Praz sees this approach as decadent and superficial, and points out that the author’s main interest is “decorative.” T Magazine: Small Museums 2014-03-20T22:06:31Z You might say it’s always that way at this august fair, where collectors can purchase all sorts of fine and decorative arts objects for their multiple homes. Art Review: Winter Antiques Show at Park Avenue Armory 2013-01-24T22:30:22Z He waves from a throne five steps up from the float’s base, surrounded on all sides by decorative tasseled globes. After Decades of Searching, 1898 Film of New Orleans Mardi Gras Is Found 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z They made portraits of family members and friends or applied their skills to objects both decorative and functional: crewel bedspreads, festively patterned silk quilts, and tabletops painted with still lifes of fruit and flowers. Art Review: ?Women Only? Exhibition at American Folk Art Museum 2010-04-15T22:04:00Z The church’s Romanesque design is modest in contrast to the highly decorative styles that came later. A Perfume Devotee in the Land of French Fragrance 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Despite the novel’s investment in the power and value of great art, Edward’s self-centered, predictable struggles remain merely decorative. Jill Bialosky’s novel ‘The Prize’ tackles art, class and egotism 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z A long concrete table was the cabin’s focal point; on it, was a decorative bowl of apples, cucumbers, green oranges and a few spotted bananas. Mexico’s Last Countercultural Coast 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In another series, Pescador layers commercial imagery, abstract scribbling and found objects, re-photographing the results to create images that are whimsical, often decorative riffs on our cacophonous consumer landscape. Paul Pescador's layered images riff on consumer overload 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Some are single or semi-double with decorative stamens, others have a pompon of central petals, and others are fully double. Peony passion: A garden icon blooms anew in the age of social media 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Turned out it was: haute constructivism rendered household, with some decorative punk spikes thrown in. In the Russian Embassy with Comme des Garçons and Other Weirdness 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z Our wedding presents were joined by my latest too-labored-over projects: upholstered headboards, decorative trays perched just so on ottomans, framed pictures of us smiling. Modern Love: Anchors Don?t Come in Pretty Boxes 2010-04-23T17:02:00Z This year’s theme was “The Gilded Age,” a love letter to an era named for the thin layer of decorative gold that masked America’s corrupt, broken bits. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z He started one of the country’s first collections of African-American art and another of American decorative arts, now considered one of the best in the country. Gudmund Vigtel, 87, Dies; Director of High Museum 2012-10-29T02:10:24Z An exhibition highlighting the artist’s work, which included etchings, decorative frontispieces and illustrated books. At museums this fall: Art and science, civilization and extinction A running theme is the presence of spirituality in everyday objects from Aborginal life: hunting boomerangs, tools, a rare didgeridoo, tall decorative feathers and an emu egg painted with a delicate landscape. In Transit: Aboriginal Gems at Rome's Vatican Museums 2010-12-27T11:00:45Z The man-made things are incongruous, yet feature decorative motifs drawn from nature. Review | In the galleries: Artists create a multi-work homage to a teacher and a comrade 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Tinterow said his museum has gradually been getting rid of the excess in its two house collections of decorative arts — including those ashtrays and stemware. Clean House to Survive? Museums Confront Their Crowded Basements 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z The exhibit's title, she adds, alludes to "a type of gilding which utilized a solution of gold, mercury and great heat to adhere a layer of gold to bronze decorative objects." Seattle artists Linda Davidson and April Surgent: mosaic mavericks 2010-12-09T20:44:00Z In both houses, for example, the entrance vestibule has a winding staircase with a decorative glass window set in the roof as a skylight. An Effort to Save J.M.W. Turner’s Country House 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The group realized that some vendors use decorative words like “breathtaking” to describe plantations — venues that evoke painful imagery for African Americans. Wedding vendors romanticize slave plantations. The Knot and Pinterest will no longer promote them. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Marti seems to feel very much at home in this period, among ornate European and plainer American decorative artworks. Art Review: Art Imitates Movies in a Series of Scenes 2010-12-23T22:22:15Z Her video also showed she used masking tape to create decorative lines, which she then covered with gold spray paint. TikToker shows how you can 'flip' an Ikea cabinet with this viral DIY video 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Emilia, who is half Mexican, feels a kind of national pride in the collection of brilliantly decorative gold jewelry made by the ancient civilizations that inhabited Central America. New York City From a Pint-Size Perspective 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Those include the snake that undulates through “Wiggle” and the decorative motifs Ballen combines with his own childlike drawings. In the galleries: A look at apartheid’s cruel costs Oceans of shells follow, first in the form of nickel-size Venus clams, some open to reveal their tender insides, others turned over and empty; they’re decorative support. Sea snail broth and kelp ice cream: The new Noma tastes like the future 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “We understand that with historic homes, you usually expect to walk in to hear about pretty homes with decorative arts,” Salley said. For Black tour guides in Savannah, the historical is personal 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Europeans had, by Hokusai’s day, been drawing from Chinese, Persian and Indian examples in the creation of the decorative arts. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Each features a storm of decorative slivers cut into black velour paper. Women Win at the Art Show 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Under their agreement, the society owns and maintains the collection of historical objects and fine and decorative arts and raises part of the operating budget through donations, memberships and an occasional county grant. Trenton City Museum Faces Uncertain Future 2012-07-10T22:23:33Z Note how, when Helen and Mark go on a date, Massey and Boehm’s coats have been carefully matched with the decorative palette of the building they live in. Want a Halloween Thriller as Daring as ‘Psycho’? Try ‘Peeping Tom’ 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z It’s how I present myself to the motel clerk when I finally arrive at a destination, rolling my bike into the lobby and dripping on the decorative tile. In Transit Blog: Feeling Soggy Under Brooding Skies 2011-09-29T15:33:54Z It’s a homey place with India print curtains, decorative wood flourishes, and stylish upholstery. What Would a World Without Prisons Look Like? 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Worse yet, some of the materials used in decorative reproductions lack the quality and durability of the original materials. 7 mistakes homeowners make when renovating older properties 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “It was always displayed, open and laden with little things,” said Stephen Harrison, the curator of decorative art and design at the Cleveland Museum. Antiques: Tattoos in More Books and Films; Dog Art at William Secord 2013-01-31T22:13:16Z The women are defined by decorative objects, and, as such, objects: Silhouetted likenesses were features of cameos worn by affluent matrons in bygone eras. Review | In the galleries: A focus on sensitive portraits with biographical elements 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z We also see how Islamic decorative style affected Hebrew scripts and influenced illuminations of both the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible. Exhibition Review: ‘Crossing Borders’ Opens at the Jewish Museum 2012-09-15T00:26:51Z Talley told the outlet she ate the meat of the giraffe, and made decorative pillows and a gun case using its skin. Hunter whose giraffe photo went viral says she's 'absolutely' still hunting: 'I am proud of that giraffe' 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Inside, decorative tiles and kilims hint at the Serbian capital’s Ottoman history, and are matched by signature Mama Shelter touches – bold black and white carpets, giant table football. 20 of Europe’s best new hotels and hostels for 2018 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Online, Mr. Brant said, the consolidation would move “under one umbrella” some of “the most important cultural publications that together provide the complete content and history of decorative arts, classical arts and art-related news.” Peter Brant Takes Over Art Magazines 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The maple patterns are inlaid in Indian rosewood using marquetry, the traditional technique of creating decorative wooden veneers. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z When called upon, he could also be decorative. David Hare on Hayden Griffin: 'He made great directional spaces for gifted players to shine in' 2013-04-01T15:49:46Z At another time, in another place, decorative would have been a dirty word. Art Review: A Cascade of Petals From the Met’s Japanese Collection 2014-01-30T23:17:46Z One decorative piece at the top is crushed, and the pieces that used to be on the ends of the scrolls are gone. How to find missing pieces for an iron bed For many Modernists, decoration is criminal, but Mr. Perrault respected the decorative arts tradition of Versailles and translated figurative forms into abstractions that highlight shape, material and light itself. How Do You Add to Versailles? Bravely 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z The Green Man is a decorative design with a human face. The Remarkable Persistence of the Green Man 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z They employ, but often tweak, traditional clothing, architecture and decorative motifs. Review | In the galleries: Contemporary images cast a striking new light on the Arab world 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z A book on decorative paint techniques will give you other ideas. How to give a concrete floor a cost-effective update Ten years later, she was selling a million of the $10 cellophane bags of holiday “decorative home fragrance.” Gingerbread, fir or burning wood: Can a scented candle capture the essence of Christmas? 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Among the most decorative examples are these 8.5-inch ceramic straws printed with patterns that suggest elaborate tile work. If a Paper Straw Isn’t Your Thing … 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z She also created the museum's first decorative arts curator post and expanded the conservation department. NY's Frick museum director to retire next year 2010-09-22T19:16:00Z This effort has been organized seemingly on the fly by Christian Larsen, who arrived as the Met’s associate curator of modern design and decorative arts only 18 months ago. A Polymathic Italian Designer, With Muses and Friends 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Melfi’s quick-sketch setup makes it clear Vincent isn’t bad, and not only because he’s played by Mr. Murray, whose world-weary shtick is now as purely decorative as a string of puka beads. Bill Murray Stars in ‘St. Vincent’ 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z After falling into disrepair, in 2000 it became a museum of decorative art, but it still showcases the original vision. Lille wonder: a whistle-stop tour of a Franco-Belgian jewel 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z It is not something added to the real world – not a decorative element, so to speak. "The Matrix" is basically a sci-fi "Office Space" 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z All of this is enjoyed in a light, airy space full of blonde wood and decorative items created by artisans from Mexico and Texas. A ‘Beautiful Thing Called Masa’ Stars at a Texas Restaurant 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Almost all the statues and decorative motifs in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill were in that material until it burned down in 87 B.C. Review: The Face of Captive Greece in Rome 2010-08-13T15:41:00Z River Farm, by contrast, is a landscape of unfulfilled promise, struggling to look decorative but ultimately failing. The American Horticultural Society faces its uncertain future, uneasily 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z This intangible quality — generated by some blend of friendliness, thoughtfully conceived interiors, artistic and decorative touches, group events, cozy common spaces and investment in the community — made the difference. Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe 2013-04-26T16:24:14Z Viv has a comfortable house, a fulfilling job, close friends and a talent for crafting decorative plates. ‘Losing It’: A 26-year-old virgin plots her own deflowering 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z On the walls: decorative daggers and paintings from an artist in Dubai. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z At the same time, fan windows, broken pediments and occasional ornamentation can become fanciful, resembling some of the decorative furniture on display. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z But as popularly used in these climate-controlled times, without drapery and a canopy, the four-poster is a purely decorative choice. Advice for Renovating Your Home 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z In “Converging Territories #30,” currently on view, Essaydi inscribed it on her models’ clothing, bodies and surroundings with henna, a decorative dye traditionally applied by women. Women’s Art Is Every Kind of Art 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The Wadsworth’s reinstallation emphasizes a mix of painting, sculpture and decorative arts, in keeping with the prevailing trend at many museums. The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford Puts Final Touches on a Comeback 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z With terra-cotta, he could create stand-alone objects but also decorative environments. The Art of Della Robbia: From Earth and Water, Pure Beauty 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z They are midway through the new galleries, a suite devoted to British decorative arts, design and sculpture from 1500 to 1900. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z As the movie’s title made clear, Vivian’s primary function was decorative. Riff: Thelma, Louise and All the Pretty Women 2011-04-24T01:43:01Z In colorful embroidery, to match the decorative interiors, the bag announces in a slogan worked by human hands: “Not Charity, Just Work.” Special Report: Fashion: From Light to Bright 2011-06-22T16:40:23Z Now Christie’s is selling what is left of their postwar and contemporary art, prints, African art, 20th-century photographs and decorative works, which are expected to bring more than $30 million. Inside Art: Barnett Newman’s ‘Onement VI,’ at Sotheby’s 2013-04-18T21:17:37Z Wide planks of graying reclaimed wood flank the walls, decorative ropes and monkey knots underscore the nautical theme, and the open kitchen is a vision in stainless and white. These Are the 10 Best New Southern Restaurants 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z I was struck by the tattered layers of decorative wallpaper in Ms. Olson’s childhood bedroom; a faded pattern resembling snowflakes papered over delicate white flowers against a powder blue background. A Stroll Through Wyeth?s Giverny 2011-08-11T18:32:30Z But it was only in the Spanish-style tooled leather bags or jacket that the Latin decorative mode made fashion sense. Special Report: Fashion: That Ghostly Presence 2011-06-23T17:07:01Z Most of the magnetism in this show emanates from the still lifes, with their mix of utilitarian and decorative vessels on earth-toned backgrounds. Art in Review 2010-02-25T20:58:00Z “It’s competent, very nice decorative painting, but it just doesn’t interest me.” Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Creative a unique gift tag and secure with decorative ribbon. Homemade Christmas Gifts 2010-12-01T17:40:00Z What caught his eye were Islamic calligraphy and decorative patterns. Ibrahim el-Salahi: from Sudanese prison to Tate Modern show 2013-07-03T18:30:01Z Multiple clocks on a wall giving times for cities from around the world are the only decorative feature of an adjacent conference room. Review: ‘Radio Dreams’ Builds a Spiritual Home for Stateless Souls 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z If that were happening, it might be worth chipping off the coating, addressing the moisture issues and applying a new decorative treatment. How to resurface a concrete wall whose topping is crumbling 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z What makes West so fascinating is that she accomplished all this in an era when women were meant to be decorative and domesticated. My hero: Mae West by Kathy Lette 2013-04-12T15:00:05Z This reaching out to take fashion beyond mere body coverings into the realm of decorative art brought moments of strange beauty. Fashion Review: Chanel's Kinetic Look at a New World 2013-07-02T17:11:40Z Sort of like the decorative sense, and the color advice, that a real designer would do for a model home for Toll Brothers. | Q&A: Vanilla Ice on His New Reality TV Series 2010-09-16T05:00:00Z Proven Winners last year introduced a decorative strawberry named Berried Treasure. Perspective | Hunting for herbs that add flavor in the kitchen and beauty in the garden 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z The action scene at the center is surrounded by tesserae fashioned as decorative braiding. Roman floor mosaics with violent scenes pack a punch at Getty Villa 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Thus a two-sided, Japanese-style decorative screen portrays not such customary subjects as flowers or birds, but rather the imprisoned Joan of Arc, heroine of both France and the Catholic church in which Nakashima was raised. Review | In the galleries: Face to face with a world both beautiful and horrific 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z After looking at the jewelry, costumes and decorative arts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries displayed there, children will create glittery pieces of their own to take home. Children’s Listings for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z In a medium known for work many regard as lightweight and decorative, Mr. McElheny’s creations strive to convey sophisticated, often dark ideas. Josiah McElheny, Glass Artist, in Busy Times 2012-06-17T02:01:07Z At the Nasher museum in Dallas, Rodin’s “Age of Bronze” sits in dappled light as glare streams through a decorative screen. Renzo Piano?s Nasher Museum in Dallas Has Sunburn Problem 2012-05-02T00:58:01Z The roll of the chorus changed dramatically with success of musical Oklahoma though – transformed from a row of decorative legs to an acting ensemble, and expected to be versatile performers with a wide repertoire. Radio catchup: Band break-ups, high-kicking chorus girls and tales from Bristol 2010-04-29T15:54:00Z And the low-lying gold-leaf clouds that accentuate the aerial view tantalizingly block out bits of action and add great decorative verve. ‘The Tale of Genji’ and the Art It Inspired 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The back sides of each of these pieces is covered in these quite lovely and very inoffensive decorative patterns. How did that idea come about? Hugo Crosthwaite on Tijuana, Mexico's missing, the power of comic books 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Floors are organized into “neighborhoods,” with open staircases and unifying decorative schemes. In the ’90s, We Had ‘Friends.’ Now They Call It Co-Living. 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z A similar mix of the streamlined and the decorative is built into the new McQueen men’s wear store on Savile Row here. Designers Dip Into Klimt's Well 2012-11-12T12:37:03Z All these multimedium pieces bristle with consummately controlled decorative and pictorial effects; pay homage to nature’s mineralogical bounty; and exude palpable cachet. Art Review: Johann Christian Neuber’s Gold-and-Stone Bonbons at the Frick 2012-07-12T21:49:03Z The designer has been smart in the way that he segments his collections, so that haute couture is deliberately decorative and the ready-to-wear line in the same pretty spirit, but much simpler. Dark Opulence and Red Carpet 2014-03-03T20:19:27Z The art museums hold collections of American folk art through the present and of British and American fine and decorative arts from 1670-1830. Colonial Williamsburg Plans Expansion and $600 Million Campaign 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z This surge of interest ends decades in which the decorative arts and crafts tended to be dismissed as sentimental and old-fashioned compared with the dynamism of industry. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z It is decorative, well-meaning, and full of neat encounters, and it certainly presents a Garbo in the high summer of her maturity, richer and more mellow than she has ever been before. From the Observer archive, 6 October 1935: Greta Garbo in her element as Anna Karenina 2012-09-29T23:05:46Z And decorative plumes were never spiky, but rather soft surfaces of feathers. Special Report: Fashion: Camping It Up in Old Shanghai 2010-10-06T17:35:00Z The artist was famously averse to abstract painting, which he considered solely decorative. Triptych: Three Studies After Francis Bacon by Jonathan Littell – review 2013-07-20T11:01:01Z Or print a family photo onto photo-transfer fabric and wrap it around an existing lampshade; attach with decorative brads, or spray with fabric adhesive or liquid fabric glue. Work space art: Family photos promoted 2010-09-22T17:19:00Z With a blend of erotic and decorative exuberance, and a virtuosic display of stylistic imagination, she reveals the liberation in artifice and the alluring masks of natural desire. What to Stream: Five Directors’ Outstanding First Features 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z “This is a shift and I think a very important one,” Luke Syson, the Met’s curator in charge of European sculpture and decorative arts, said of this new tell-all era. Recreating Adam, From Hundreds of Fragments, After the Fall 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Her Pottery Barn Kids line will offer more than 50 pieces, including furniture, bedding, lighting, carpets, wall art, toys, and decorative accessories. Jenni Kayne Collaborates with Pottery Barn Kids for a Dreamy Collection 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Whiting was a discipline of the most famous English potter, Bernard Leach, who worked in the arts and crafts tradition, making functional – never figurative or merely decorative – vessels from earthenware. Edmund de Waal 2011-02-12T11:38:27Z Like human relationships, they are too messy to be merely decorative. | Doting on Dots: Jennifer Bartlett's 'Recitative' 2011-01-13T22:24:52Z Prior installations focused upon decorative arts in the context of domestic settings in period rooms where they were shown together. American masters get new life at NYC's Met museum 2012-01-15T19:16:04Z The gift, which represents only about 40 percent of Mr. Sigman’s holdings, fleshes out the museum’s own collection of early 20th-century German decorative arts. Inside Art: Art Comes to Taxi TV; ‘German Expressionism’ at Neue Galerie 2013-01-03T22:24:54Z Also offered are autographed scripts, awards, props and wardrobe associated with projects across the Williams’ careers, as well as furniture from their homes and decorative items, including art by British graffiti artist Banksy. Collection of late actor Robin Williams to hit auction block 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Then participants will create and embellish garments, using decorative duct tape and sequins, beads and other materials. Spare Times for Children Listings for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z The Brooklyn Museum is also showing the emergence of Modernism through its collection of American and European decorative arts. The Week Ahead: Sept. 4 ? Sept. 10 2011-09-02T17:58:40Z It consists of 45 examples of early American decorative art – silver, furniture and needlework – that join six other pieces given to the museum by Nutt, a former SAM trustee. SAM acquires Raphaelle Peale still life for undisclosed sum 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Peek into the courtyard to see a range of decorative tiles and repurposed architectural fragments. The Best Secret Streets Around the World 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It provides a good overall view of her work, paying tribute to her decorative talents, which went largely unnoticed in the shadow of her illustrious father. Mademoiselle Lalique's colourful life 2013-01-08T14:01:19Z But it did provide a kind of decorative finish. T Magazine: It's Curtains 2011-02-16T19:09:17Z But the wish to make smart, intelligent art is a much more manageable position – albeit one that few artists can pull that off, with most opting for decorative obsequiousness or intellectual pomposity. What makes us connect with an artist? 2013-07-23T02:05:03Z The new building sits on the site of the long-demolished Prescott House, a wildly decorative hotel built in 1852, when masonry was still what held a building up and windows pierced it at their peril. Reviving the Joy of Decoration at Nike’s New SoHo Building 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The museum, which displays Prince's guitars, "Purple Rain" motorcycle and his ashes in a decorative urn, is expected to draw 600,000 people a year. Council: Prince's Paisley Park museum can open permanently 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of the series will be "Shangri-La: Imagined Cities," a traveling exhibition of the Islamic art and decorative objects collection amassed by tobacco heiress Doris Duke beginning in the 1930s. How L.A.'s Islamic art shows might expand our 'Middle East' vision 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Lawrence’s “Vaudeville,” from 1951, extends his involvement with surfaces, its ornate, decorative walls and clothes and colors evoking an American version of Gustav Klimt. Oh, the humanity: Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series,’ reunited 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z I like invitingly empty pages — no extra decorative frills or verbose doodads. The zen of journaling as you travel 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Hunt for affordable and eco-friendly fruits and vegetables to use as decorative elements. 5 tricks for an elegant holiday display to make your home shine 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, it all came together perfectly on Casino Royale, rather than on ours – making the women more active and less decorative. Rosamund Pike: 'I seek adventure all the time' 2011-01-20T22:59:01Z Wong, however, with his predilection for woozy atmospherics, riper-than-ripe visual tropes, and shimmering decorative surface, has delivered a far from conventional example of the genre. The Grandmaster - review 2013-02-08T00:59:36Z Re-creating the decorative tchotchkes leads, of course, to footage of the legendary “don’t play ball in the house!” basketball disaster. On TV, You Can Go Home Again. But It’s Weird. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But in the last several decades, society has become less formal in entertaining, and that has led to a decline in the desire to own things like silver tea services and decorative objets d’art. What to Know When Selling the Family Silver 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z It includes a department store’s worth of tabletop pieces, glassware, bakeware, stemware, flatware, decorative accessories — that is, frames and trays and such — and bedding. | D?cor: Diane Von Furstenberg Moves Into Housewares 2011-02-09T23:45:05Z “It was not just a decorative set. It was also meant to be a discussion piece.” Hermitage Amsterdam's 'Dining With the Tsars' Examines Heyday of Russian Royalty 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z And now he's here, hiding behind walls and tiptoeing through unsuspecting municipal areas in order to surprise "deserving people!" and "make their decorative dreams come true!" Hollywood Me: like Changing Rooms from La La Land 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z But the latest wave of young designers has embraced elements of the decorative arts on a larger scale. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z Most of the decorative gardens and attractions at the arboretum arrived after Fern Valley. Perspective | How the National Arboretum got its ferns and became a civic treasure 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z It certainly lives up to it, and cleverly answers critics who thought his mural was just decorative. Prickly customers: Martin Creed and Richard Wright in Edinburgh 2010-08-04T20:31:00Z This fourth-century pagan monument, which is rarely open, was transformed into a church centuries after it was built, and its walls contain medieval frescoes and decorative elements. Heads Up: More Doors Open in Rome 2010-09-11T05:01:00Z Not just a women’s show and not just a Native American show, this 115-work exhibition includes sculpture, textiles, decorative arts, photography and video, from ancient times to the present. Mark These Dates: A Wave of Art Is Coming Your Way 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The interior is no less decorative with its curved double staircase and Bohemian crystal chandeliers. 36 Hours in Istanbul, Asian Side 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z According to the experts at Rug News and Design Magazine, people are turning to rugs for decorative reasons. Trends in Design and Home Furnishings 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z This is admittedly an unfair comparison: the Frick’s new gallery is not a central thoroughfare but a lateral cul-de-sac that will be used for rotating displays of decorative arts and sculpture. Art Review: A Jewel Box for Translucent Treasures 2011-12-15T22:59:09Z The sale of the property, which took place over five days, included art, jewelry, furniture and decorative objects. Bunny's Grand Finale: Auctions Draw $218 Million for Library 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z It's seen as decorative, unimportant, rather than vital to the health of the nation. The arts cuts: David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace and others give their verdicts 2011-03-30T18:00:01Z The decorative elements, though, are unusual: a cut-away illustration of the interior of the human colon, its parts neatly labelled. It's a gut reaction: how other people's bacteria can cure us – extract 2013-03-31T00:05:02Z “With this, I’m pushing a whole new way of making work which is much more in the vain of the decorative arts.” Lindsey Adelman’s Music Video Inspires Mirrors and Jewelry 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In addition to including small representational details, the Tehran-born local artist contrasts her fluid hues with map-like compositions, or she divides the pictures into squares reminiscent of decorative tiles. Review | In the galleries: Whimsy rendered starkly, in black and white 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Nicole Adams, product development supervisor for Dash & Albert, said the base of your rug is 100 percent wool and the decorative raised pile is viscose, a fiber manufactured from cellulose. How to remove wax buildup from wood 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The local contractors who built them drew upon the interior floor plans of traditional Chinese courtyard homes and local decorative motifs. Shanghai Dwellings Vanish, and With Them, a Way of Life 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Spoon meringue over pie, making decorative peaks or swirls and place under the broiler in the oven. The lemon meringue pie that helped me both celebrate and mourn my mother 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Godfrey Evans, the principal curator of European decorative arts at the National Museums Scotland, said Hearst was “just devouring” buildings as they were razed. Reassembling Hamilton Palace, Room by Room, All 150 of Them 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Before the sale a three-month worldwide tour of Taylor's jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia will kick off in September, with stops in Moscow, London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong. Liz Taylor's jewels, fashion set for December auctions 2011-06-29T15:09:31Z As I left the hall, I could see a crew getting ready to roll up the red carpet and pack away the decorative, jumbo Oscars. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Although the emphasis is on jewelry made in the last 10 years, you'll see evidence of pre-Columbian beliefs and decorative motifs. Review: Language of adornment spoken at BAM Latin American jewelry exhibit 2011-06-02T20:20:16Z Exhibits will include jewelry and decorative objects and, most notably, will showcase India’s gold- and silversmithing heritage. In Homage to India’s Jewel Culture 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The most impressive discoveries, though, are to be made in the decorative arts, particularly in what could be called “the antiques of modernity.” Art: Art & Design London Succeeds With an Outstanding Mix of Pieces on Offer 2011-10-14T13:00:17Z Cover a matchbox in decorative paper—like wrapping paper scraps or craft paper. 7 Mother’s Day Crafts for Kids to Make From Family Photos 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z There will also be Baroni material in different Impressionist and Modern art sales, as well as in decorative arts sales, from January through April. Inside Art: Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans 2012-11-29T20:45:41Z On a long, rough wood table, there was a collection of antique medicine bottles and ceramic vessels, the unabridged Random House dictionary and a 1950s-era Olympia typewriter — not a decorative object. K.D. Lang Doesn’t Have to Indulge Your Constant Cravings 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But I liked the peppery bite that chrysanthemum brought to the grandma chicken mixian and found the rose petals on the Yunnan salad to be more than just decorative. Flavors Cross Borders at Little Tong Noodle Shop 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Once again, its room is small and bare, with wall-mounted shelves serving as spice storage, and not in a decorative way. Reindeer Powder and Arctic Turnip Crepes: Helsinki’s New Food Scene 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Sprinkle a little more decorative rock around and any ornamental pieces you like. A guide to making a succulent terrarium 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Dries Van Noten A pantsuit inset with a decorative panel in an Asian print. Fashion Review: Collections From Balenciaga, Rick Owns, Dries Van Noten, Rochas, Ann Demeulemeester 2012-03-02T00:23:08Z “For too long, fashion illustrators and their illustrations were seen as a secondary art form — rooted in the idea that decorative art, or art with function, is somehow lesser,” Ms. Gray said. Fashion Returns to the Drawing Board 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Overhearing him, Ms. Montag at least conceded the decorative charm: “Balloons are celebration.” How Balloons Blew Up 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Beth at The First Year recommends taking the classic recipe and "football-ifying" it with colorful candies and decorative almonds in honor of your team. Super Bowl sweets: 7 desserts to serve at your game-day bash 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Royal palaces and chapels enshrine a lot of our greatest decorative art and architecture. Is it possible to like royalty and be a republican? 2011-01-18T15:51:14Z Contrasting with all the easygoing decorative elegance and seaside light, the show also includes four of Matisse's bronze Back sculptures on loan from Tate. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z She works mostly in metal, creating conceptual pieces more like miniature sculptures than mass-produced decorative jewelry. A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal 2012-12-06T16:07:04Z The two women shared a love of scouting for vintage finds and commissioning decorative objects from artisans, particularly in the South. A Southern Home That Embodies Oh-This-Old-Thing Elegance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z But the real gems are inside the magisterial edifice, which houses museums devoted to archaeology, decorative arts and fine arts. 36 Hours in Strasbourg, France 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z You’ll need a pretty big apartment to squeeze in this kind of decorative talking piece. "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The Brooklynettes — along with a galvanizing drum line and Team Hype, a male dance crew that performs on the opposite stage — are no longer a decorative afterthought. The Biggest Dance Show in Town? At a Basketball Game. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z It was impossible to enter or leave the place without passing a series of decorative wrought-iron webs. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Now it looks like Hollywood's idea of an Alaskan fishing lodge, rustic but highly styled, with decorative posts and beams throughout and a double-sided stone fireplace dominating the dining room surrounded by tables and booths. 'Bloody Mary Bar' greets weekend Wildfin brunchgoers 2012-02-23T21:36:12Z The settings atomise the texts and surround them with an array of instrumental sounds, but the effect is decorative rather than substantial. Leonard/Hind/BCMG - review 2010-10-12T22:00:00Z In the English-style west garden, we learn that, much to the chagrin of the landscape architect’s wife, Eastman dug up decorative plants in favor of potatoes and onions during World War I. Rochester, N.Y., blooming with appeal This year’s Salon Art + Design, the 12th edition of a fair dedicated to fine and decorative arts, transforms the Park Avenue Armory into a fabulous and eccentric collector’s house. At Salon Art + Design, Gold Bracelets and Lipstick-Red Monochromes 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Other exhibitions at the fairgrounds in the Milanese suburb of Rho are devoted to offices, kitchens, bathrooms and decorative housewares. A Panorama of Design 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Eighteenth-century jewelers used it in quatre-couleur gold, which consisted of greenish, whitish, and pinkish iterations of the element from which decorative inlays were fashioned. The Semiotics of “Rose Gold” 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Pauline Boty was as vibrant and decorative as the men around her, an exceptionally charismatic person. Mystery of missing art of Pauline Boty 2013-04-27T11:58:30Z At their most decorative, Goldberg’s paintings look rather too much like tablecloths. Review | In the galleries: Finding the unknown within what is known 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z It was filled with colorful works of decorative abstraction — psychedelic florals and ethereal patterns that look like nature viewed through a microscope, leaning toward the surreal. There’s a New Artist in Town. The Name Is Biden. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Those decorative elements symbolize this modern young chef’s respect for tradition, as much as her soba noodles. Miyabi 45th: soba, sides you’ll slurp up 2013-08-29T20:36:38Z Learn about dying with indigo — it only turns blue after air hits it — and shop for one-of-a-kind decorative and wearable pieces inspired by Japanese Shibori techniques, among others. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z MyHomeIdeas & MyRecipes networks Print « Return to Spring Table Settings and Centerpieces Spring Table Settings and Centerpieces Bring the fresh look of springtime to your table with these decorative inspirations. Spring Table Settings 2010-03-25T21:17:00Z In urban areas, directional and transit signs are usually bilingual, although some English signs are more decorative than designed to convey information. Why your next vacation should be in Japan 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Those decorative jellyfish were probably the best-fed creatures in the dining room. Choice Tables: Lisbon?s Culinary Golden Age? 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z For Pask, the decorative metalwork of that building was a jumping-off point for myriad onstage details, including stair rails and light fixtures. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z New and more maintenance-free materials such as vinyl, plastic, and lightweight metal are now on the market, making it easier and less expensive to add decorative shutters to any facade. Shutter Style 2010-04-07T17:52:00Z I have found myself in a dreamy state staring at the museum’s exhibit of painted screens, which long covered the windows of Baltimore’s rowhouses as a decorative way to block out light. The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z At first, the covers were unadorned; the raised patterns and decorative flourishes that captivate McCoy were created out of necessity. ‘History right under our feet’: Decorative manhole covers are a window on Washington’s past 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Among them: the Victoria and Albert Museum, where without her I wouldn’t have known to look for the Donatello sculptures, or the wide range of decorative arts and fabrics from around the British Empire. Frugal Traveler: London, This Time Following in More Mature Footsteps 2011-04-05T20:00:38Z She takes the brightly checked vinyl bags impoverished travelers load onto buses and trains across Africa, and cuts them into pieces to use as decorative trim. South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion week 2012-05-24T15:07:18Z A temporary town, a surreal city, an abstract English settlement had shimmered into existence, a highly decorative network stretching across miles of serene, gently rolling Somerset country. Glastonbury 2010: Paul Morley goes to the festival for the first time. What will he make of it? 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z And what a dining room it was too: a proper oval dining table that seated well over a dozen, wallpaper, and a vintage bureau with decorative mirror. 'The Great British Bake Off': Five Early Contenders Emerge After Episode 2 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Rihanna clearly knows how to sing like her lungs are on fire, but on “This Is What You Came For,” producer Calvin Harris transforms her voice into a fit of decorative digital hiccups. There is no song of the summer 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z SAT-SUN Christmas and ethnic specialty foods, Latvian arts and crafts including decorative pillows, dolls, knitted articles, stuffed toys, jewelry, ceramics, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar 2011-11-10T00:20:05Z The race for commercial conquest, and the high-stakes achievement of America’s social hierarchy, overwhelm the individual, rendering him or her as merely decorative in the cold landscape of a country on the make. Who owns patriotism, the left or the right? American artists know the answer 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z He added: "They are some of the most outstanding examples of decorative and figurative painting that survive in Britain from between the 8th and 16th centuries." British Library digs out decorative paintings to brighten up dark ages 2011-08-24T23:05:02Z It is only here for decorative purposes, so I won’t be able to sprinkle the white crystals in my soup if it needs pepping up. Chinese restaurant syndrome: has MSG been unfairly demonised? 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Angus, an artist, has devised decorative scenes and Victorian-like dioramas involving hundreds of preserved insects. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The 14th annual Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art Fair, which runs from Thursday through Sunday at the Park Avenue Armory, will offer contemporary decorative arts and design from 55 galleries and dealers. T Magazine: Objects of Artistry at Armory Fair 2011-04-12T00:29:07Z The peer's patronage of the arts was not just decorative or social, but positively enabling. The Earl of Harewood 2011-07-11T18:26:50Z Despite a few stunning decorative touches … and that brief central sequence of multiple Reys, the movie comes off as a work that’s ironed out, flattened down, appallingly purified. 'Yay, porgs!' – critics' verdicts on Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Gone were the inhabitants of the downstairs gallery — the ancient Chinese bronzes and decorative arts in line with the Sackler’s focus on Asian art. Is that paint on the gallery rug? New show marks major shift at the Sackler. 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Yet he’s not one of the decorative type designers, slapping frills or pointless details on clothes. On the Runway Blog: Catch Tom Ford but Don't Miss Thomas Tait During London Fashion Week 2011-09-19T07:41:56Z The museum, which has one of the world’s leading design and decorative arts collections, said in a statement that it had “mutually agreed” with the Sackler family that the name would be removed. Victoria and Albert Museum Reverses Course and Removes Sackler Name 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The portraits are formally staged, with a pleated curtain as a backdrop and with decorative props, but there’s a casual jauntiness about many of them that is appealing. Lost and Found Photos from a South African Portrait Studio 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z The exhibition’s most recent works show Ms. Lin taking an unfortunate turn toward the decorative. Art Review: ‘Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao’ at Asia Society 2012-09-06T21:36:59Z Here the bones and skulls of more than 5,000 monks have been put to striking decorative effect as wall treatment in this 17th-century chapel. Overnighter: From Lisbon, Visiting the Storied City of ?vora 2011-06-24T18:55:01Z Wearing a bright green T-shirt over her navy Ketcham polo, she was one of several third- and fourth-graders helping a class of preschool students paint decorative stones for the garden. It’s a dirty job, but these kids want to do it 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z “But that’s not really correct because there are other small decorative particles.” What Is Glitter? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The historic compound, with its gardens and its decorative giant employed to “walk around the palace and be tall”, looms large in this book. Karzai Inc 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The attitude found its place in Renaissance decorative objects like oil lamps and door pulls cast in the shape of African heads, and in paintings that routinely included dark-skinned figures as servants or slaves. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z Begin trolling at the vast warehouse where Architectural Artifacts trades in decorative building castoffs from wrought iron railings and wooden mantelpieces to terra cotta gargoyles as well as more portable art tiles and juggling pins. 36 Hours in Chicago 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z After her death in 1991, at 58, the mainstream art world largely forgot her, or pegged her as a decorative accessory to the work of Nam June Paik, with whom she often collaborated. Charlotte Moorman, Tradition Disrupter, Is the Focus of Two Shows 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Rather, they commissioned artistic and decorative works from artisans of various subject peoples. The Met Explores an Islamic Dynasty’s All-Embracing Big Tent 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Modigliani and Léger are part of the same story the earlier paintings tell: both were shaped by cubism, both turned it into something more decorative and gorgeous than Picasso ever intended. The Paris art theft has robbed us of some truly great paintings 2010-05-20T12:58:00Z This being Wilde, the expression of those conflicts can seem purely decorative and inconsequential at first, a heap of jeweled epigrams and paradoxes. Deep Dives Into Justice From Shakespeare, Wilde and Atticus Finch 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Boston’s tactic is a dense, sometimes cluttered orchestration that mixes painting and sculpture with lots of furniture and decorative art. American Folk vs. Academic Art 2013-01-31T13:00:00Z The online sale will be divided into four categories: fine jewelry, fashion and accessories, costume jewelry and decorative arts and memorabilia. Online auction added to Elizabeth Taylor sale 2011-11-14T18:36:03Z They also augmented those areas with decorative elements that evoked the time period. How an Abandoned Hotel Became a Witches’ Lair for ‘Suspiria’ 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z In another time — like, 100 years ago — they were decorative, fun, just for show. Another Kind of Face Mask 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Easy to carve and freely split in any direction without shattering, the stone was commonly used throughout Virginia for pediments, quoins and other decorative details in 18th-century houses and churches. Hiking along Virginia’s Aquia Creek and finding history a stone’s throw from home 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Like a de facto piano concerto, Hummel’s septet bustles with rippling passagework, decorative scales, cascading arpeggios and, in the rustic finale, bursts of dancing octaves. Review: The Quietly Cosmic Sound of Desert Stillness 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Only a hog would find those cute decorative table squash yummy, but the gourds do a good job of feeding the heart. Reclaim space in a smaller garden with trellis pumpkins 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The towers, which are purely decorative, will be covered in Loro Piana fabrics recycled from older lines, a nod, he said, to his commitment to using sustainable materials in his work. An Argentine Designer Rocks the Boulders 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In “Madonna With Child,” the wave protectively encircles the figures of a casually dressed Black woman holding a sleeping baby, acting as a kind of decorative border or a baroque frame. Oasa DuVerney’s Black Power Wave 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z By incorporating decorative screens, homeowners are rebelling not only against bland interiors but also one of the most prevalent trends of the past 40 years: the open floor plan. Perspective | Decorative room dividers make an elegant comeback 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Three Hiram Powers marble statues from the 19th century are on display together, and a silver teapot and Italian glazed ceramics are among the pieces showcased with its collection of 18th century French decorative arts. Art from the Corcoran reestablishes its place in D.C. with exhibition at AU 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Modern sculpture since Rodin has gone greater and greater distances from the studio; these artists’ baubles are a throwback to personalization and craftsmanship, for which the word “decorative” seems not to suffice. A European Art Fair Freshens Up for Its First Spring on Park Avenue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Atelier AM decorated the open-air space with an oak cocktail table and decorative throw pillows. What You Pinned Most In April 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “It’s definitely the first time in history that trends trickled down from the wealthy to ordinary people in a big way, affecting every genre from fashion to the decorative arts,” says Harrison. A century after art deco’s birth, designers say we’re due for a revival 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The quantity and quality of sculptures, paintings, decorative works, rugs and kimonos and functional antiques on view are astounding. Art In Review: NEW YORK ARTS OF PACIFIC ASIA SHOW 2012-03-22T20:33:26Z Some of the art is purely decorative: enormous roses, intricate sundials, abstracts and landscapes. Hubcaps as canvas: Artists turn junk into jewels 2011-06-01T12:01:05Z The D.C. artist’s Corner Store show references Mexico and Morocco, countries whose decorative styles are as bright as their sunlight. In the galleries: Phantom people make a statement — a beautiful one 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The downstairs library and kitchen reflected minor disarray: large wooden art boxes, moving men, decorative swatches — the marks of a home in transition. Beginning Again: The Love Story of Leonard Lauder and Judy Glickman 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Floral patterns and animal sculptures were decorative motifs throughout her two sumptuous homes: a 14-room duplex on Park Avenue and her country estate, Holly Hill, overlooking the Hudson River in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Contents of Brooke Astor's homes going to auction 2012-09-23T21:16:04Z But whatever your views on wearing such highly decorative fabrics, several insiders — and no doubt many consumers, too — have been expecting them to fall out of favor soon. The Future of Fabric Prints Is Bright 2012-02-21T18:16:17Z At 20, he and a friend opened an antiques shop on Magazine Street, filling it with furniture and decorative arts acquired on trips to France. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Mr. de la Renta had not turned overnight from decorative flourishes to stark architecture. Special Report: Sleek, Simple-And Ever So Streamlined 2010-02-18T12:49:00Z The initiative will consist of dozens of exhibitions, screenings, lectures and symposia covering topics as varied as decorative objects, contemporary art, folk traditions and architectural photography. How L.A.'s Islamic art shows might expand our 'Middle East' vision 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z These handy panels combined with decorative solid walls below and fixed louvered shutters above further transform both ends of the porch into cozy outdoor rooms. Timeless Coastal Charm 2010-03-31T15:04:00Z One of the problems I always had when decorating above cabinets is that a lot of decorative items seem dwarfed by the large opening. What to do with that empty space above your kitchen cabinets 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z She uses decorative elements such as found seashells and painted fleurs-de-lis, but maintains a muted palette. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Moor decided the furniture needed to be restrained, without superfluous or decorative touches that would require elaborate milling. For a School in Nairobi, Furniture That Functions 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z These amphibians swirl their fishlike tails through seas of repeated decorative motifs that suggest both African textiles and Celtic metalwork. Review | In the galleries: Cutting, pasting and creating dazzling order out of chaos 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Each room is done up with different color schemes and decorative features. Hotel Review: Modern Luxury in the Vineyards of France 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z “Colorful things look great in the jar, and the whole thing becomes decorative,” she says. ‘Happiness Project’ author Gretchen Rubin on the top clutter solvers 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., is known especially for its extraordinary collection of French Impressionism and 19th century paintings, Renaissance masterpieces, and decorative arts. Clark’s New Contemporary Curator Expands Its Focus 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Masks, headrests, tapestries, decorative combs, mirrors with carved rims and several carved wooden crocodiles, one of which serves as casing for a traditional board game. Globe-trotting singer Dom La Nena will touch down at Artisphere 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z But camp is intricately enmeshed with queerness, and is anything but disengaged and merely decorative. LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes a decorative effect alters the natural scenery. Neoimpressionism exhibit makes points about poetry, music's influence 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, will present a show of 35 works of 18th-century French decorative art from its collection. The Biennale des Antiquaires Takes a Great Leap Forward 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z A few Tompion works are also on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s British decorative arts galleries. Antiques: Newark Recalls Its Lustrous Metals Past 2014-01-02T18:49:37Z His father traveled widely - North Africa, Paris, Rome - and he collected artifacts and decorative objects as he went. On the Runway Blog: A Fortuny Show in Manhattan 2012-12-21T19:06:03Z Most cookie jars today are pretty and decorative, but if they lack a seal around the lid, they aren’t airtight. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Take your discounts for a ride 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z An untitled 1987 wall sculpture made of hundreds of beer and soft-drink bottle caps worked into decorative patterns suggests a kind of “African” fantasia. David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z FRI-SAT Functional and/or decorative handmade works, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Community calendar 2011-10-26T23:24:10Z Some of the film’s brilliancies are purely decorative. My favourite best picture Oscar winner: The Sting 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Vintage decorative details and Cuban art enhance the setting. La Vara Chefs Open Saint Julivert Fisherie in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Merely decorative in previous shows, the dancers framing Ms. Barrio here subtly mirror and amplify her emotions with cutting shapes and percussive exclamations. Review: ‘Antigona’ Is Noche Flamenca’s Teeming Take on the Greek Tragedy 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The artist also makes jewelry — decorative items not unlike ceramic figurines — and forges tool-shaped pieces from clay. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Balustrades continue to be used today in a vast variety of shapes and materials, from simple wood posts to elaborate wrought-iron spindles, for both decorative and practical purposes. What Is a Balustrade? 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z “We like mixing high and low, using inexpensive acrylic storage for things like Post-it notes and paper clips, balanced with more decorative boxes and fun pencil cups,” she said in an email. Shopping with the pros: Solutions for an organized home office 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z The doughnut itself is made with cream-cheese filling, along with decorative yellow icing and a whipped “mouse” complete with chocolate ears. Krispy Kreme Japan releasing cheese-inspired doughnut for Year of the Rat 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z But in his Pacific phase, too, it’s the decorative arts, as well as woodblock prints sometimes carved on dense Polynesian wood, that reveal his unconstrained experiment and his readiness to seek stranger shores. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z But his published compendiums of designs for fireplaces, vases, candelabras and other objects had a major impact on the decorative arts. Review: Piranesi's Elevated Etchings 2010-10-20T11:22:00Z Ammaniti does well with the spectacle of children enacting adulthood amid decorative squalor, and this is the strongest section, along with the early scenes in the forest. Review: In ‘Anna,’ the End of Adults, but Not the World 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But the novel also epitomizes the transgressiveness that was once so daring and now, as Barnes acknowledges, “seems fanciful, decorative, egotistical camp.” Hanging With the Wits and Dandies of the Belle Époque 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Hayworth’s Rusty Parker is no mere decorative object but a self-sufficient, hardworking citizen of Home Front America. DVDs: That Postwar Shimmy-Shake 2011-01-09T02:23:01Z "Opulently overstuffed" with garish, childish decorative details, The Public seemed a likely folly even in less austere times. A New Kind of Bleak by Owen Hatherley – review 2012-07-06T07:00:01Z October marks the start of myriad unofficial seasons: spooky season, pumpkin spice season, cuffing season, cozy season, hoodie season and, of course, decorative gourd season. October Isn’t Just a Month Anymore. It’s a Whole Szn. 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z And the decorative arts rarely fail to chime in. Review: Wadsworth Atheneum, a Masterpiece of Renovation 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The wall paintings are a decorative highlight of the long effort by Second Stage to win control of the Helen Hayes and begin presenting work on Broadway. Big Ideas for a Tiny House on Broadway 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The typical single-owner decorative arts sale has 100 to 200 lots; this one has five times that. Design royalty is all atwitter about the Prince of Chintz auction 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The "David Bowie Is" exhibition, which opens Saturday, marks the first time Britain's leading museum of decorative arts and design has devoted a show to a pop star. Show at London's V&A museum celebrates David Bowie 2013-03-20T15:59:12Z The theatrical reimagining of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s British decorative arts and design wing was all about thinking creatively, said Wolf Burchard, the collection’s associate curator. A Panorama of Design 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Her wild drawings carry a decorative impulse to unexpected heights. New Picture Books Pose Two of Life’s Biggest Questions 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In making “Mozart à Paris,” for example, a near-perfect simulacrum of a deluxe 1956 box set, Hutchison spent months scouring London’s haberdashers to find the right strand of silk for a decorative cord. The Vinyl? It’s Pricey. The Sound? Otherworldly. 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z From 1850 until the 1920s, highly decorative Majolica ceramics were nothing short of a craze. Vibrant Pottery Filled With Whimsy 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The dining room, next door to Mr. Colicchio’s flagship, Craft, is an awkward pastiche of bland, vaguely corporate design and odd decorative hand-me-downs that have served time in other Colicchio restaurants. Searching for Italy at Tom Colicchio’s New Restaurant 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Little caricatures, doodles, and sketches for entirely unrelated projects turn up in the margins of his papers.Complex engineering problems sit side by side with designs for wrought-iron curlicues for decorative metalwork. Brunel archive reveals hidden treasures in show-and-tell at Bristol docks 2011-08-14T19:36:13Z Other works formerly seen as merely decorative were propelled into the category of Art with a capital A on the strength of the name attached to them. Auctions: When Catalog Descriptions Dictate Value 2011-06-24T12:00:06Z Christie's also will be selling the star's haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion, accessories, 20th-century decorative arts and film memorabilia from her Bel Air home on Dec. 14-16. Elizabeth Taylor's iconic jewels coming to auction 2011-09-07T11:50:12Z Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him a highly valued artist. Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Brings $108.4 Million, Auction Record for the Artist 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Mucha first made a name for himself in the decorative arts while working in Paris. An Art Nouveau Master Remembered in Prague 2010-09-01T10:00:00Z Many of the decorative arts on display are original to the Kirkland family, who lived at Ayr Mount for four generations. A North Carolina Home Celebrates 200 Years of History 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The third decorative element is the bulbous ovary at the top of the flower. The iconic white snowdrop could be getting a new look (or many), thanks to breeders 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The couple edited the collections of dinnerware, decorative objects and tile, and introduced new pieces and artist collaborations while maintaining a focus on handcrafted production. Why Handmade Ceramics Are White Hot 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z “I am surprised at how much more the decorative arts are making than estimate,” Marc Porter, the chairman of Christie’s Americas, said. It Didn’t Hit $1 Billion, but Rockefeller Sale Still Set a Record 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z Rooms are as glorious and decorative as Wedgwood pottery, some overlooking the palms of the botanical garden, filled with birdsong and sunlight. Lisbon city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z The exotic may be impertinent, playful, or decorative, but it is always unexpected. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Traveling the subcontinent as history graduates in the early 1980s, Mr. Arora and Mr. Ajmera were inspired to create a contemporary jewelry brand after discovering for themselves India’s rich heritage in the decorative arts. In Homage to India’s Jewel Culture 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The Museum of Modern Art’s collection is stronger on design, and the Metropolitan Museum’s on the decorative arts. A Quest for Meaning in a Dystopian Era 2010-05-16T15:30:00Z A lovely bar counter with decorative bar-back – oh, it was gorgeous!” The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The shapes, which have precedents in ancient Roman mosaic glass and Chinese porcelain vases, “demonstrate the way modern decorative and functional arts have direct roots in their historical counterparts.” Form, Function and Beauty Span Eons in Met Acquisitions 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Rivera’s portrait of Martín Luis Guzmán, from 1915, is typical: a fluent cubist work with the brightly colored pattern of a decorative serape fitted into one of its flat, quadrilateral planes. Artists helped make the Mexican revolution an international phenomenon 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z Rooted in traditional American decorative arts, she was the first to mix and match furnishings from different eras, styles and price points. Sister Parish Rises Again, in a Pop-Up 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Morton grew obsessed with painting decorative bows, flags and banners in deliciously shiny colors. 7 female artists you don’t know — but should 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California, 1945-1975,” opening on Saturday at the American Museum of Ceramics Art in Pomona, with some 300 variously functional, abstract and decorative works by around 50 artists. Arts & Leisure: ?Pacific Standard Time? Art Exhibitions in L.A. ? Review 2011-11-10T16:57:42Z “It’s a diss at Art Basel to say something is decorative,” Mr. Zwirner said. Journey to a Center of the Earth 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Decades after his death, the Industrial Revolution marked the beginning of the end of the golden age of the decorative arts, which have struggled to redefine their role ever since. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z A “high-pressure decorative laminate” is used for countertops. Laminate counters look a lot better than they did in the ’80s. Can they make a comeback? 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The ancient Egyptians used ritualistic, decorative smoking pipes; and in the so-called “absinthe era” in the late 18th century, the green drink inspired scores of artists and authors. Don't worry, Mom, it's not a bong; it's art 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The menu also includes some tandoori specialties, street-food items and vegan dishes, served in a cozy dining room with decorative touches like Bollywood posters. Quality Bistro Offers French Fare in a Grand Space 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z So will some 99 other works covering the diverse sweep of what the museum defines as folk art: paintings, sculptures, needlework, furniture, decorative objects, ceramics, paintings, sculptures, illustrated writings and quilts, to name a few. Inside Art: A Bellows Painting Moves From Virginia to London 2014-02-07T02:00:01Z In redoing the White House, Mr. Smith echoed the spirit of Mrs. Obama’s high-low fashion sense, mixing priceless antiques with Pottery Barn candle holders, Crate & Barrel decorative cushions and a couple Walmart chests of drawers. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Tie an ornament on the wrapping for a holiday-specific decorative addition, Rutherford says. Holiday gift guide 2014: Gifts for the home There are also light cork fabrics covered with decorative, stitched ruches that provide a degree of elasticity. Style: Turning Cork Into Couture 2011-08-22T11:36:34Z One decorative aspect of the series deserves its own category: the swan bed. "Flowers in the Attic: The Origin": How to be Gothic, from creepy manors to severe housekeepers 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z They are essentially decorative, often gorgeously so, but they lack all profundity. My Anish Kapoor confession 2010-06-10T16:42:00Z On a wall decorative dabs evoking a spray of flowers reveal Mr. Bradford’s untutored handiwork. Hoop Dreams of His Own Design 2010-12-10T16:55:00Z Like the story’s superficial finger-wagging at American wrongs, the brutality is both decorative and ritualistic. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z The original decorative tiling was still on the walls and the marble countertops proved ideal as ink-mixing slabs. Dorothea Wight obituary 2013-06-10T11:48:42Z There was the incident when Hamilton climbed a tree to collect decorative foliage and proceeded to remove the branch he was sitting on with a saw. British Sea Power: Full steam ahead for indie oddballs 2011-01-16T00:05:34Z In an adjoining gallery, a craftsman accents the decorative molding with gold leaf while construction workers attend to the formal staircase just below. The ‘Wonder’ of the new Renwick 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “Sarah embraces the very ideas, content and styles that have been marginalized — craft, graffiti, the feminine, the decorative, the domestic,” Jamillah James, senior curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, says. With Big, Bold Art, Sarah Cain Redefines Seriousness in Painting 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s no point in creating a decorative scheme on or around something you don’t believe in,” he maintains. 2009-11-01T04:00:00Z Its rambling public rooms are wildly theatrical, its more compact ones suggest an unexpected intimacy, and its over-the-top decorative features offer opportunities for any number of pratfalls. Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z She presents herself as a wry if bumbling protagonist of her own story, describing her attitude toward the prospect of children like this: “I acted like my eggs were Fabergé: feminine but decorative.” Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z These days, Mr. Duggan — whose scruffy beard, black bandanna and Falstaffian manner suggest a foodie buccaneer — works as a decorative painter when he’s not in the kitchen. Personal Journeys: In Lecce, Making Magic With Humble Ingredients 2014-04-17T17:19:59Z The building, a National Historic Landmark near the White House, houses the American Art Museum’s craft and decorative art program. Renovations Slated for Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z To be young and smooth and decorative and collectible. The ‘perfect body’ is a lie. I believed it for a long time and let it shrink my life 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z “I’m always worried for her. I’m her mother. But this is in our blood; my mother made decorative embroidery, it was domestic art back then. It is Ekin’s genes to create.” ‘Art is my weapon’: meet the Turkish artist taking on Erdoğan 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z It was a box of tan suede sandals with a shiny, decorative disk and matching glossy platforms. How this independent boutique thrives in an era of fast fashion 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Organized by Wolfram Koeppe, a curator in the department of European sculpture and decorative arts, it centers on a landmark example of silver service production and one with a cliffhanger history. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z For sale will be some $30 million worth of paintings by Picasso and Warhol along with furniture, antiquities and decorative objects. Inside Art: Sotheby?s Strategy: One Offer for Two Sales 2011-03-31T22:50:36Z After all, he is very talented, and he has made a signature out of a certain kind of highly decorative ease that would make sense in the Dior aesthetic lineage. Assessing the Alber Elbaz/Dior Rumors 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The entries include such functional objects as textiles, baskets and ceramics as well as purely decorative prints, paintings and sculptures. Review | In the galleries: Artists pair up to create a third identity, or when 1+1 equals one. 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z I’ve added some decorative detailing, which I hope looks as if it has been there for centuries. ‘When we can, we’d love to throw a party to show it off’: designers on their lockdown DIY 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Painters from all over the world are flocking to Seattle this week to transform Union Station’s Great Hall into a pop-up decorative art gallery. Painters from many nations transform Union Station 2014-05-02T04:09:16Z A self-portrait in an overly decorative frame suggests the wallpapered surfaces of Murakami. On the Runway Blog: Viddy: Make That 15 Seconds of Fame 2011-08-26T16:22:02Z Taking slivers of a decaying 19th century house from Bogotá, she’s peeled away layers of wallpaper to reveal decorative elements dating back to the early republic. Argentine slums and a Unabomber cabin: How 'Home' at LACMA rethinks ideas about Latin American art 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Objects have long been considered a poor cousin to paintings, but not at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where two recent acquisitions spanning centuries and civilizations were as functional as they were decorative. Form, Function and Beauty Span Eons in Met Acquisitions 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Or, the dogs of royalty are the opposite: tiny, decorative fluffs for fancy, silky laps, like Marie Antoinette’s pug, Queen Alexandra’s Japanese chin and the Pekingeses of the Chinese imperial court. God save the corgi 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z I purchased a decorative medicine cabinet with a mirror. Hints From Heloise: Getting medical records Formerly the headquarters of the Eastern Outfitting and Columbia Outfitting companies, which sold appliances and clothing, respectively, the building sets the tone for decorative architecture in the city. Art Deco Los Angeles 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Quirky decorative items — lamps protruding from mirrors and a “reclaimed” tree emerging from the lobby floor —were meant to establish Avia’s boutique-hotel credentials. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Avia Long Beach, in Long Beach, Calif. 2010-12-17T20:45:23Z Paintings, vases and decorative plates incorporated images of Washington. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z The showcase exhibition, “Unraveling Identity,” examines how clothing and decorative arts are used to articulate and transform status and identity. We are what we wear 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Pairing fall foliage with luxe decorative objects in warm-colored metals is one way to achieve this sophistication. Fall decorating: Cozy interior design for the colder months Dennis Carr, a curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, said that the feather scene most likely amazed people who first uncrated it at Rudolf’s gloomy palace. A Designer’s Sale of Memorabilia 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Although the local painter may seek to represent “all about flowers” — to translate the show’s title — her work is not as quietly decorative as a typical floral arrangement. In the galleries: ‘Strange Landscapes’ explores gardens of unearthly delights 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Zappone recommends against trying to keep whole roofs shiny but offers advice and makes products for people who want bright copper on decorative details or roofs over bay windows. How to restore Fireslate countertops He starts contemplating writing an SOS letter to include in the packaging of some decorative Halloween gravestones he is working on. The Alarming Human Toll of Cheap Stuff ‘Made in China’ 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z These works cemented Rimsky-Korsakov’s reputation as a master of color — which is to say, of decorative, surface charm — long before critics reframed his Orientalism as imperialist dreams. The Story of ‘the Most Underrated Composer in History’ 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Desks and dining tables, decorated and personalized by employees at the previous office, found new life as decorative wall art. Far from a cubicle farm, Etsy’s stylish headquarters is full of design ideas worth bringing home 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z So the Duchess received just that: a leather garden cart with decorative drawers to store her accessories in their French country home. Herm?s Tells a Playful Tale of Leather 2012-05-21T12:33:10Z And yet I found myself putting back the decorative bottle of lavender water when I saw how much it cost in dollars. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The play, Woollcott continued, “unfolds the really frightfully annoying predicament in which a decorative little mollusk of an Englishwoman finds herself.” Weekend Entertainments From the Archives of The New York Times 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Some fathers might teach their sons to change a tire; Watts teaches Griffin to clean decorative moldings. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Angelina Jolie isn't the big problem with "The Tourist" -- she is its primary decorative element, and probably the best reason to see it. "The Tourist": Can "The Tourist" save Angelina Jolie's career? 2010-12-10T15:01:00Z Since earning her M.F.A. from Columbia in 2005, she’s steadily garnered acclaim for her large-scale paintings and sculptures, which interweave a dizzying array of art historical references, craft techniques and decorative styles. The Artist Testing the Limits of Ceramics 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z He was actually a pretty good-looking guy, but the joke worked because of the implicit humor in a man having a purely decorative function. Look at him: Why can’t straight guys acknowledge male beauty without freaking out? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The restaurant, consisting of 10 seats at the bar and another six at tables, is done in pale wood curved in decorative slats and blocks. Kaiseki Room by Yamada Opens in Midtown Manhattan 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z That, of course, makes for an expensive endeavor, but “the tile becomes an interesting decorative layer in the room,” Ridder says. Captivated by bold tile on social media? Here’s what to consider before committing to the look. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The production design displays a genuine enthusiasm for the decorative kitsch of the Halloween season, and the flashes of giddy craftiness beneath the slick style almost compensate for the toothlessness of the horror. Review: ‘Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween’ Is Toothless Terror 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But with more than 75 percent of clients concentrating on 20th-century and contemporary artworks, he emphasized the growing importance of specially promoted, curated auctions in more traditional collecting fields, such as the decorative arts. Fewer and Smaller: A New Normal for London’s Summer Auctions 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z There's no bowl to clean, and the deviled eggs look decorative. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: How to stop potato salad from getting watery 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z This premiere looks at creations looted from Palmyra, in present-day Syria, and decorative artifacts found in South African caves. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Black Lightning’ and ‘The Honeymoon Stand Up Special’ 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Brent Powell, an Episcopal deacon and the head chaplain at St. Jude, stood beneath decorative bouquets of white hydrangeas and white roses as he and the groom watched the bride walk down the aisle. Love Not Lost: Two Childhood Cancer Survivors Marry at St. Jude 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Those swaying on the sand wearing wireless headsets with decorative LED lights streaming music from a nearby DJ are practitioners of ecstatic dance. AP PHOTOS: Dancers silently lose themselves on Venice Beach 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Now “Unbuttoning Fashion,” an exhibition at Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, examines the history of the fabled fastener from its utilitarian origins through its evolution into a decorative accessory and objet d’art. Buttons exhibit at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Mostly French speaking, these artisans, shopkeepers and artists were in no small part responsible for the look of the French Quarter — its ironwork, decorative plaster, its architecture and fashionable shops. A Painter Resurrects Louisiana’s Vanished Creole Culture 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The sequence was enough to land her an MGM contract in the same year. and she was offered a few decorative bit parts, culminating in The Bad and the Beautiful. Elaine Stewart obituary 2011-07-08T12:43:51Z The motif helps connect the porch to the brick exterior, as does a decorative frieze where the columns meet the ceiling, one of the house’s many Arts & Crafts touches. A Narnia-Inspired Design, on Long Island 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z She cultivates dozens of varieties of vegetable, bean and flower seeds, packaged in decorative paper envelopes for $2.50 each. $99 Road Trip: Bacon whiskey and apple fritters along Olympia’s back roads 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Original birch and oak decorative trims grace the doorframes and windows. A Lake Michigan Craftsman Is on the Market 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But though Ms. Kidman is a beauty, her appeal has never been merely decorative. Review: In ‘Photograph 51,’ Nicole Kidman Is a Steely DNA Scientist 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z If you want to spend the day in the area, the Huntington Library and Gardens in nearby San Marino displays furniture and decorative arts by the Greenes, Stickley and many other Arts and Crafts artists. Cultured Traveler: California Houses as Celebrities in Themselves 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z She graduated from Williams College, received a master’s degree in decorative arts history and material culture from Bard College, and also received an M.B.A. from Duke. Gabriela Allen, Andrew Morrison 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z The committee is charged with maintaining the rooms’ museum character and adding decorative and fine arts. Melania Trump is out of the White House, but she left her mark on its public spaces 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z There is a good reason some of the painters in this exhibition turned to the decorative arts and others wandered away from the Neo-Impressionist fold after a few years. Phillips Collection’s Neo-Impressionism exhibit captures movement’s escapist mood I was interested in how to tell a modern story, and use music and dance in a way that doesn’t pause the narrative, isn’t decorative but integral. Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The exhibition will feature 45 artworks, decorative objects, pieces of jewelry, clothing and archive materials — all drawn from the Devonshire Collection, accumulated over about 500 years by the Cavendish family, and held at Chatsworth House. ‘Hamilton’ Set Designer Goes Whimsical, Using Sotheby’s Galleries as a Stage 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “It was highly decorative and ornamental and apparently frivolous,” said David Patrick Columbia, the editor of New York Social Diary, “yet incredible and complicated detailed work went into this thing that evokes frivolity.” Recalling the Lacroix Era 2013-04-19T23:17:23Z So then, who’s claiming the big ice cube with the decorative twig glued to its front? Cannes 2019: the winner of the Palme d'Or to be announced – live 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Bitten by the bug, Caroline began playing when she was six and composed her first flamenco 'falseta' decorative riff when she was 8. Spaniards say "Ole!" to woman on flamenco guitar 2011-03-09T11:11:09Z At more upmarket auctions built around a theme, with an elegant display intended to stimulate buyers, prices remain modest for a whole range of decorative urban landscapes. The Beauty of the Modest Auction 2011-01-21T14:30:05Z Included in the auction will be English, French and Continental furniture and decorative pieces, paintings, prints, drawings, porcelain, crystal, silver, memorabilia, clothing and accessories. You Can Buy Oprah's Household Items for as Little as $50 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Her male counterpart is ubiquitous, because movies are now made by grownup male geeks for adolescent male-geek audiences, neither of which can conceive of girls having any other purpose than to look decorative. Anne Billson on One Day 2011-08-18T21:10:01Z Use a paring knife to score the puff pastry with a decorative pattern of your choosing. How to make bakery-worthy pie crust designs 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z On a stone table supported by carved griffins, fragments of other decorative stonework are placed. The joy — and challenges — of restoring a neoclassical horticultural ruin 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z FRI-SUN Spring show and sale, items for kitchen, garden and decorative work, opening night, meet the artists, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-06-05T21:59:43Z Even the chinoiserie of the decorative scheme is the outcome of a careful search to find period-correct silk wallpaper: "Though not in Mississippi," O'Connor says. Behind the scenes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012-10-05T14:45:40Z Above the windows, collected seeds are stored in decorative jars. Perspective | Why the shade garden is so underrated — and how to create your own 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The portraits and the landscape are both dominated by encrusted, highly decorative surfaces, inspired by non-Western traditions like Byzantine mosaics. At Seattle Art Museum, a peek at Paul Allen’s landscapes 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z They rejoice in repeated patterns, which contribute to what Dearinger called their "wonderfully decorative quality." Edward Gorey's sensibility is growing like nightshade 2011-03-05T03:09:56Z Yet it is wilder, weirder, more extreme, far less decorative than what we normally see, and as a result more disturbing. People; Uncle Vanya; Uncle Vanya – review 2012-11-11T00:06:04Z “Look at the top. It’s so ornate,” he said, pointing at the decorative arches crowned by angels with their wings spread. Bobby Berk’s New York 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Inside, guests downed martinis in nooks surrounded by assorted decorative nonsense including teapots and painter’s palettes. Cast and Fans of ‘Will & Grace’ Toast the Show’s Return 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z She delights in the spooky yet delicate: “the chaos of birdsong after a rainstorm, the steam rising off the asphalt,” “water lilies and a skull in a decorative pond.” Books Of the Times: Five Poets Seasoned by Life 2011-05-29T22:06:07Z Greenway visited almost daily, Zamani recalls, bringing her paints and adding decorative touches to the walls and shelving. From afar, she fell for a country and its music. And Afghans love her right back. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Eventually I made it into the main showroom, where I surveyed the gorgeous collection of plates, cups, saucers and other decorative pieces before finally settling on something: A small juicer for 216 pesos. Escaping Mexico City’s Hustle Within City Limits 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z To our contemporary eye, the costumes appear very decorative. ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Awakes to Vibrant Ballet Costumes 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z This, despite the decorative gewgaws and a second-act crowd of spear- and fan-holders, holy men, warriors, and enough entertainers and stuffed parrots to fill the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Review | The ballerina who fights back: In ‘La Bayadere,’ she won’t be manhandled 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Tea-stained paper; vegetable dyes and watercolor applied with impossibly fine, handmade brushes; decorative borders; architectural settings; and recurrence of figures to indicate a story unfolding over time — all of these hark back to miniature traditions. Shahzia Sikander’s Exquisite, Entangled Worlds 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In some parts of the antiques world, Pierre Gouthière is considered one of the greatest French decorative artists of the 18th-century. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z And, in the long run, a growing appreciation for plants might inspire more people to want to understand them, and not just as decorative objects. How Much Would You Pay for a Houseplant? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z In her last year at the Slade, she studied stage and decorative painting, which may explain the strikingly scenographic quality of her larger paintings. Gwyneth Johnstone obituary 2011-01-06T19:02:23Z From moldings to museum shows, the city’s rich trove of decorative arts is particularly inspiring for Borgo’s metier. | Paris Through Eddie Borgo’s Eyes 2014-03-12T20:43:48Z Curtains, shades and blinds serve both a practical and decorative purpose in a home. Unsure of how to treat your windows? Experts offer advice to dress them in style. 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z The sentences are lean where they need to be, decorative where they need to be. A Zombie Novel for Our Virus-Stricken Times 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z It was a moment when textiles went from being merely decorative to being a medium for contemporary design, and she was a pioneer of that crossover. Ruth Adler Schnee, Exuberant Designer of Modernist Textiles, Dies at 99 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The movie’s decorative elements are vast in quantity but monotonously distant, with little tactile sense or intimate urgency. The Superhero Movie as Secular Religion in “Aquaman,” “Bumblebee,” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z On Tuesday the focus was on furniture and decorative objects from the mid-18th to the early 20th century, one of Bonhams’s specialties. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z “What the writer may be referring to are the decorative lights in both the New York and New Jersey towers,” Mr. Coleman said in an e-mail. F.Y.I.: Answers to Questions About New York 2011-04-22T21:09:10Z And, as its name implies, its contents swirl out from a center point like the sort of decorative rosette you might see on one of Kim’s clothing designs. A Pinwheel Pie as Appealing as Her Fashion Designs 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z She needs help creating a more cohesive design for the space, with plenty of seating and some extra storage for books and decorative items. For a living room update, lose the bulky recliner sectional 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But D’Ambrose also charges many current and modern filmmakers with a similar unoriginality, a similarly derivative range of decorative and nostalgic visual decisions. A Filmmaker Trying to Break Free from Instagram Modernity 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z But the Jewish, Arabic and Armenian pieces share a highly decorative Middle Eastern style, rich in what a modern Western listener might describe as microtonality and pitch bending. Music Review: Jordi Savall?s ?Jerusalem? at Rose Theater 2010-05-04T21:05:00Z It’s a decorative guessing game that started when he contracted polio at age 7. T Magazine: The Importance of Being Nicky 2014-04-10T16:46:16Z The piece came to the Met in 2019, the first acquisition made by the newly arriving curator-in-charge of the Met’s department of European sculpture and decorative arts, Sarah E. Lawrence. ‘Carpeaux Recast’: A Sculptural Gem With a Knotty Back Story 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Copping cited as his inspiration the watery prettiness of Christian Bérard’s drawings and stage sets in the 1940s, in the days when the decorative artist collaborated with the house of Ricci. Special Report: Fashion: Life on the Ocean Wave 2010-10-01T18:50:00Z On the one hand, it’s silly to get worked up about decorative things when there are lives at stake, but on the other, if not the culture, what are we fighting for? The 10 greatest second world war films you haven't seen 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z In all of Wilton’s cavalcade of wonders, to my mind, no product can compete with its selection of decorative edible eyeballs: flat, white sclera of sugar marked with black to represent pupils, lids, and lashes. Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies: From Murderous Mermaid Salt to Lamps Made Out of Croissants 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z That adds a needed tension to work that can sometimes appear merely decorative. In the galleries: At Greater Reston Arts Center, no straight lines 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z SOM had originally designed a decorative sheath of interlocking triangles of fibreglass and steel, 7m at its widest point. Will One World Trade Center really be the tallest building in the west? 2013-05-02T10:32:00Z The thin layers of locally quarried quartzite at his seminal thermal baths in Vals, designed as an assembly of great masonry cubes, are but a decorative cladding to reinforced concrete walls behind. Peter Zumthor: RIBA awards gold medal to architecture's man of mystery 2013-02-05T15:00:56Z We want to take a little bit of the decorative ornateness we have on the second floor and bring it down to the lobby, but still be simple. Ian Schrager Unveils the New York Edition 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Add a decorative shelf to an empty wall for architectural interest. Elegant Kitchen 2010-05-10T15:13:00Z Matthew Mosca, an expert in paint finishes, found the decorative friezes recently in two rooms of Cole’s home. Painted-Over Murals by Thomas Cole Found in His Former Home 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z As part of its sale of European furniture and decorative arts, Boston auction house Skinner will offer a selection of Fairyland Lustre—one of the most valuable Wedgwood collections. A Vintage Wedgwood Bowl Is on the Block 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z They were often backed by starched lace or wire-wrapped greenery and held in a decorative vaselike “posy holder” made from silver, brass, porcelain, ivory or pearl. Revisiting the Posy in Our Current Moment 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The house has for years been a drive-by curiosity; the former owners' attempts at privacy included painting it pale pink and erecting a decorative, knee-high brick wall on the lawn's perimeter. Review | The Brady Bunch kids come home for HGTV’s sentimentally extreme makeover 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z He created the sculpture “Prometheus” and the decorative relief “Monument for All the World’s Children” for Artek Pioneer Camp in the Crimea and other official commissions, but was never given a solo exhibition. Ernst Neizvestny, a Russian Sculptor Who Clashed With Khrushchev, Dies at 91 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z That period marks the beginning of fashion’s acceptance as not just a decorative art, but part of a cultural heritage. Special Report: Fashion: Gone Global: Fashion as Art? 2011-07-04T18:13:03Z It also features a small silver horseshoe and leaf spray with white decorative icing. Slice of Princess Diana's, Prince Charles' royal wedding cake to be auctioned off 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Across town at Anthea and Lawrence Mynott’s whimsical rooftop apartment, daring decorative touches reflecting the couple’s European heritage are on joyful display. | The Modern-Day Melting Pot of Tangier 2013-12-02T17:46:32Z Its enormous scale, with a nearly 60-foot-high glass roof, 16 round decorative windows, mosaics and miles of bookshelves, makes it one of the most beautiful rooms for reflection in Paris. A Vault Holding Long-Hidden French Treasures Swings Open Its Doors 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Once you've mastered this simple whisk broom, consider learning some more decorative techniques like the Hawk Tail, Hens Wing..or even the Twisted Turkey. Those handmade whisk brooms you love? You can DIY them 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Their many sculptures turned them into bibles of stone while the ribbing and traceries added amazing decorative energy. Viewing Europe’s Houses of Worship in Wild Detail 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z How are the decorative drawings, meticulously done and delicately colored, transformed into three-dimensional shoes framing the foot? Manolo Blahnik: The Shoe Sculptor at 40 2012-02-22T18:05:25Z Others are purely decorative, built by visitors who enjoy designing these towers in nature, often for the sake of sharing images of delicately balanced stones on social media. Out hiking? Here’s why you should leave those stones unstacked and those stacks untouched. 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The structure holds a variety of fruits, and can be used as a decorative centerpiece to spice up your kitchen counter or dining table. Great Design Under $100 - April 2010 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z “With Spontini, the chorus is no longer decorative or secondary,” said Patrick Barbier, a scholar of the composer, “but an essential protagonist.” Two Centuries Later, a Composer Gets a Second Look 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In fact, chafing dishes, dog jewelry and even decorative pine cones would probably appear on most of their lists before pink leather spanking paddles. Critical Shopper: Agent Provocateur, Selling Kink on Madison Avenue 2011-02-23T19:49:37Z Faux finishing became an obsession, as people employed decorative painting techniques to make their walls look like marble or wood grain. The reign of beige: In a political town, design stays neutral 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “When I was studying, a lot of people wanted to rebel against that modernist tradition; so we were doing really decorative, anti-modernist things.” 'We're surrounded by people making things': Finland's artists-only village 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Granted, there is something amusing about a girlish decorative sampler with “misandry” embroidered in purple thread, in the way that gross contrast is often amusing. Sorry, Feminists: Misandry Isn't Funny 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z He started noticing that people were interested in the decorative, rustic pieces of wood around the same time that farmhouse decor became a trend. Farmhouse style’s latest iteration — barn wood art — traces its origins to quilt squares 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Things are livelier, but not as swanky, at the Tonga Room, a tiki restaurant with decorative indoor showers. San Francisco 2010-03-16T21:00:00Z And simultaneous with the completion of his “Victory” commission, he was producing semiabstract, bizarrely decorative ceramic objects. Slashing His Way to the Sublime 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Not wanting to waste a final teaching opportunity, Stephanie cut pieces of cord and showed us how to make Turk’s heads, a form of decorative rope work often used as bracelets. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But this featherweight display is neither a show of decorative arts nor of fashion. Thom Browne’s Shoes: High Fashion and High Art 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Ironically for a place founded on “truth to materials”, the school’s bestselling product was decorative wallpaper. Bauhaus: 100 years old but still ubiquitous in our homes today 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z By concentrating on the decorative arts, the monstrous vases and the whittled totems, the Art Institute’s show starts to map an approach to contemporary studies of Gauguin that goes beyond that balance-sheet rundown. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Making a picnic on her bed, one attacks a repast of sausages, baguettes and bananas, wielding scissors like Harpo Marx in “Duck Soup,” then sets alight some decorative streamers with pyromaniacal glee. ‘Daisies’: Two Wild and Crazy Gals 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The decorative adventurousness that led people into 20th-century modern material could now reasonably lead them back through overlooked earlier eras. Signs of Rebound in Antiques Market 2010-02-18T00:24:00Z Her yard has a garden and decorative flourishes, an individual act of resistance against the surrounding decay. When factory jobs left Gary, Indiana: whites left, 'but we blacks didn't have a choice' 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z “I always related more to Roman Catholicism as a more decorative way of understanding God,” he said. The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The Metropolitan Museum of Art is opening its understated but elegant new American Wing for paintings, sculpture and decorative arts on Monday after a four-year renovation. American masters get new life at NYC's Met museum 2012-01-15T19:16:04Z He said he had seen elaborate decorative designs embossed on old books “many, many times,” but never really wondered what, if anything, they meant. Decoding the Defiance of Henry VIII’s First Wife 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Here you’ll find sleek pieces for your living room, dining room, bedroom and office, as well as decorative objects, rugs, wall art, lighting and mirrors. On the hunt for furniture in the District 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Touring the premises before their relationship began, Liberace pointed out some decorative highlights, which included 17 pianos, a casino, a quarry’s worth of marble and a canopied bed with an ermine spread. Scott Thorson, The Boy Toy’s Story 2013-05-10T21:40:24Z The dance floor was both a mockery of Minimalism’s recession into the decorative arts and a bona-fide place to boogie. Piotr Uklanski’s Kodak Moment 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Dismissed as decorative and un-American in the isolationist 1930s, it was all but submerged in the flood tide of Abstract Expressionism. Art Review | 'Constructive Spirit': History Lesson in Abstraction, Cutting Across the Americas 2010-02-19T05:50:00Z Like one of the events in 2011, the evening was held at the Embassy of Indonesia, a fitting setting that combines ornate old-world architecture with Indonesian decorative touches. PostClassical Ensemble shows a new side of Lou Harrison 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The first year, she downgraded to a small, artificial tree, barely as tall as a toddler, the kind that could be purchased in the same grocery store aisle as decorative brooms that smell of cinnamon. You can't resolve your way through New Year's grief 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z It's a screenwriter's distraction that obscures the character's detachment from the heart of the narrative -- and the character's essentially decorative nature. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z Mr. Macaux, a Brussels dealer, adds chairs, clocks and other decorative arts to the booth, made by designers like Hoffmann. From Digital to Deco, Debuts to Classics, All in a Fair’s Embrace 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z These cat-friendly foundations operate just like decorative fountains, using a small pump to circulate water for thirsty cats. How to keep your cats off the kitchen counter, once and for all 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Yet a glimpse through the gashes reveals an ornate decorative box, dangling blithely. In the galleries: An artist pieces together his life story 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Easter Table Settings Bring the fresh look of springtime to your table with these decorative inspirations. Easter Sunday Recipes 2013-03-11T05:50:03.253Z Christie's says the collection of more than 800 items including furniture, decorative arts, paintings, books and jewelry is "overwhelmingly personal." Christie's to sell contents of Reagans' LA home 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Recently, the amiable antiquarian cherry-picked several dozen delectables for “The Early Bird,” a gathering of art, decorative objects, and furniture that celebrates the arrival of warm weather. A New York Gallerist Curates a Sale of Nature-Themed Art, Objects, and Furniture 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Three bangs of a gong ushered the bride and groom to an altar adorned with decorative screens and a throne made from animal bone and hide. Star Trek fans tie the knot at "Klingon wedding" 2012-10-19T20:15:56Z Use the prongs of a fork to make decorative parallel lines around the edge, then brush the pie with egg. Welcome to the feast: exclusive recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's new book 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z This one, in a handy squeeze bottle for those cheffy decorative tracings on a plate, is organic. A New Syrup for Drinks and Cooking 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Jones’s fanciful images conjure a world rich in suggestion, association and decorative invention. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z It stays decorative even in its faded state. Coneflower options abound. A recent trial sought to find the best ones. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Calling attention to his technique, Stair left ribbons of trimmed clay as decorative forms. Review | In the galleries: Artistic reflections on what mortality leaves behind 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z By 17, she was appearing regularly onscreen, initially in decorative parts in crime capers and musicals. Virna Lisi, sultry Italian actress who proved her dramatic mettle, dies at 78 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Plus, you can always add a few decorative vases or faux plants to break up the display. What to do with that empty space above your kitchen cabinets 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “This was Klimt in his later maturity. There’s a decorative element here that has found a taste in Asia.” Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Brings $108.4 Million, Auction Record for the Artist 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z After all, “Rhode Island is not that big a state,” said Patricia E. Kane, lead curator of American decorative arts at the Yale University Art Gallery. Antiques: Rhode Island Americana, Mary Tillinghast and Byrdcliffe Art 2012-01-05T22:29:20Z Crafted from pure solid beech wood, the 100% food-safe rolling pins have several decorative pattern options like floral, reindeer, snowflakes, leaves and hearts. The best last-minute gifts with fast shipping under $50 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z The latest decorative statement in New York restaurants is a woodpile. Bedford & Co. Fires Up a Wood Grill 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s one of those magical sales that happens maybe once a decade where everyone is so exuberant, particularly for the decorative arts,” said Barbara Deisroth, a veteran decorative arts adviser. They Came for a Piece of the Rockefeller Mystique. They Mostly Came Up Empty. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The staff helpfully direct visitors to ensure they see every decorative mask and handmade fork in the right order. Dead or alive: culture is kicking in Pátzcuaro, Mexico 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z “The vases are more decorative, but still super witty.” Gaetano Pesce's playful forms to fill MOCA Pacific Design Center 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And Bollywood offered predominantly male-focused narratives with women often playing purely decorative roles. With ‘Four More Shots Please!,’ India Gets Its Own ‘Sex and the City’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Break up the long far wall by adding upholstered wall hangings as a decorative accent. Putting some kid-friendly touches on a finished basement 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z For the interiors he chose bottle green tiles up to a decorative dado of acanthus leaves or pomegranate, details which remain in many of his stations today. Sixteen London Underground stations get listed status 2011-07-26T15:07:11Z His playing is directly communicative, seductively decorative and, in the sonata, aristocratically controlled, though curiously in that work the sound sometimes seems marginally more distant it is on the rest of the disc. Chopin: Sonata in B minor; Berceuse; Barcarolle; Polonaise-Fantasy 2010-04-15T21:10:00Z Once, I fell in love with pumpkins — decorative pumpkins, canned pumpkin, big carving pumpkins — I was all in. These Martha Stewart-inspired pumpkin bars are packed with the best flavors of fall 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But an earthly sensuousness is also evident, heralded in poetry praising the Alhambra and its rulers — words that are also part of the palace’s decorative design. Exhibition Review: Temptations Found in Gardens of Islamic Delight 2011-05-20T23:27:00Z It’s stunning to look at but it’s purely decorative — “a buffet in name only,” the servers have to explain. The Grill Is Confident, Theatrical, Sharp and New Yorky 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Silver plating, which her shop does, is fine for decorative pieces. Discolored metal molds: Don’t bake until you know what they’re lined with 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z For all of her beauty, the statuesque Ms. Green, breaking into solos that emphasize her long lines and angles, is never decorative. Review: At Alvin Ailey, Tragic Themes Overwhelm a Dance 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z It is around such colonial manufacture that the show, organized by Dennis Carr, curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, revolves, with some 100 objects. Review: ‘Made in the Americas’ Explores Globalism From Way, Way Back 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z “This collection grows out of our ongoing search for decorative elements to complement our architectural work,” Stern said at the event. Architectural Digest Celebrates Robert A.M. Stern’s Debut Tile Collection for Walker Zanger 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z He made paintings on decorative tea towels and cheap fabrics, and on translucent polyester scrim. Sigmar Polke ? sorry I missed you 2010-06-16T15:10:00Z Get up close, and its mechanics — decorative networks of spirals, eye shapes and vulvalike forms built up with gesso in labor-intensive relief — look dry and deliberate. Art Review: Celebrating a Painter’s 150th Anniversary 2012-05-24T18:41:19Z Where eight of the masks feature colorful decorative motifs, the ninth starkly reads, “I can’t breathe.” Review | In the galleries: Works of art emerge via waking up with a word in mind 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The Met’s founders envisaged artists and artisans from the nation’s manufacturers sketching in the galleries and learning the decorative arts of other cultures. The Metropolitan Museum of Art spent years planning its 150th anniversary. Now the galleries are dark, the celebrations on hold. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z In one corner, a series of nude decorative statues waited to be painted. L.A. Opera goes for the epic with 'The Ghosts of Versailles' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The walls are bare except for a single decorative plate. Jonathan Franzen: 'I must be near the end of my career ? people are starting to approve' 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z The look was tailored and masculine, as in white shorts elongated to a jumpsuit or the relatively severe jackets that had replaced the designer’s more decorative style. Transparently Sporty 2012-10-01T19:05:37Z This last was displayed on counters in the shopping area, coils of decorative chains that were sold by the inch, like grosgrain ribbon. A City-Size Cruise, With 4,200 Friends 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z One of Paris’s countless contemporary design gems, specializing in limited-production collections and bespoke furnishings that nod to the French decorative arts tradition, the Left Bank’s Galerie Negropontes recently released its third line of furniture. Paris’s Galerie Negropontes Launches a New Furniture Line 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z The show does much to disentangle Rohlfs from Gustav Stickley and other American Arts and Crafts contemporaries, though it leaves you unsure exactly where he fits into the history of decorative arts. Art Review: A Marriage of Design, Aged in the Wood 2011-01-06T22:47:38Z These handmade pieces will either be incorporated into their designer lines or resold as stand-alone decorative objects. I.H.T. Special Section: Middle East: A Revolution Sallies Forth on the Tunisian Runway 2011-04-28T05:02:04Z Photograph: Alamy With less whiplash, less decorative ornamentation, less feathery flamboyance and naturalistic carving, Glasgow offers a different form of art nouveau. 10 of the best European cities for art nouveau 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z They rejoice in repeated patterns, which contribute to what Mr. Dearinger called their “wonderfully decorative quality.” Nightshade Is Growing Like Weeds 2011-03-06T00:26:18Z It is now a department of the American Art Museum with a focus on decorative arts and crafts. Newly scrubbed Renwick Gallery opens Friday 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Practically all of the interview subjects are outlandishly decorative in their self-presentation. The Alternate Aesthetic Realities of ‘Tiger King’ 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z The second part of the estate, McCain’s extensive collection of porcelain and decorative items, will be auctioned off later this spring. The eclectic estate of Roberta McCain — John McCain’s mother — went up for auction. So did a piece of Old Washington. 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Its white stucco dome, rising over a lacy eight-pointed stucco star in an even more brilliant white, is considered the pinnacle of the Alhambra’s decorative art. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z American critics thought the canvases, festooned with pieces of colored glass, were too decorative — basically kitsch. Lucio Fontana, a Sculptor but So Perverse 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z There are still batches of decorative and gilded ribbons, even if the glitter is no longer actual gold thread. Fashion and the Power of the Pulpit 2013-07-15T12:12:14Z Federal officials said anyone who chooses to wear decorative contact lenses, and experiences eye redness, prolonged eye pain or decreased vision should immediately seek medical treatment. Cosmetic contacts for Halloween costumes prompt consumer warning 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Fill a tall vase with pine leaves, pine cones and branches and add decorative embellishments. How to make your rooms light and bright, even in wintertime 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Donatello found an outlet for his vision in the “spiritelli,” the naked winged children that he used as decorative motifs and subjects on their own. Donatello Gets His Due 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z As impeccably chiseled and hairless as a marble statue by Praxiteles, this leading body part is not merely decorative. Theater Review: ‘Picnic’ at American Airlines Theater 2013-01-14T03:19:35Z Like the other works by Studio Job in the show, which runs through March 4, the Robber Baron Cabinet is as intricately crafted as decorative arts pieces from the preindustrial age. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z Footwear included boots with decorative panels in the back extending down to the thick heel - creating accents in gold, faux wood or the Missoni trademark knit - or similarly adorned high-heeled pumps. Summertime looks spill onto winter runway 2012-02-26T21:54:14Z Today, the city’s brightest cultural jewel is La Piscine, a museum of decorative art. Lille wonder: a whistle-stop tour of a Franco-Belgian jewel 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z It also has “5 decorative rocks,” though in their feline context you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re supposed to be, well, clumps. Style Invitational Week 1356: Ask Backwards 38 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Graham is enough of a newspaper romantic that he took his office door — an artwork made of decorative letters from the hot-type printing era — when he moved his company to Rosslyn. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z For previous exhibitions, Wiseman often harvested details from his large-scale commissions and adapted them into individual decorative objects. Natural Gifts 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z I once grew some on a six-foot wooden lattice fence that did triple duty as a decorative feature, a support for climbing squash and beans, and a barrier to keep out deer. Perspective | Elevate your gardening skills (and save space) with climbing crops 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z When his daughter presented him with the ring in a decorative box, Bill Wadel couldn't stop smiling. A scuba diver found a 59-year-old class ring at the bottom of a pond. Then the search began for its owner. 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The clothes can be constructively tricky but are rarely decorative. Breaking the Curse of the It Bag 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z For a Wright-themed object, defy the no-art-on-the-walls order for a decorative wood hanging styled after the circular pattern on the glass dome in the Administration Building. On the trail of Frank Lloyd Wright in Illinois and Wisconsin 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But I think Ford was going for the decorative spectacle of the moment. The Multi-Layered Movie of American Fashion 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Imagine for a second that gingerbread was not dense or decorative, but light, fluffy and impossibly delicious. Desserts That Bring the Party, but Not the Fuss 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z In the lobby, the nature theme takes a whimsical turn as decorative mushrooms sprout from columns; moss clings to walls; and driftwood-inspired furnishings are topped with cactus-filled terrariums. A South Beach Hotel Takes Its Cues From Nature 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “I’m not talking about sheer decorative overloading. I’m talking about grandeur in the best possible sense. That expectation has to be met.” Hollywood? Nope. The Met Will Do for David McVicar. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Three rotund people gaze up at a bizarre rooftop construction: a central pole with decorative architectural fragments attached, topped by a cut-glass globe with glowing light bulbs inside. Art Review: ?Real-Surreal? at the Whitney - Review 2011-10-27T22:50:36Z Naturally, the models were standing on thick, transparent platform soles and the accessories followed the shell-and-seahorse decorative theme. Special Report: Fashion: Versace Offers a Beach Romp for Summer 2012 2011-09-23T17:55:52Z The Winter Antiques Show has increasingly been a reflection of those changes, with art included in the fair in addition to the furniture, decorative arts, tapestries and other artifacts. The Winter Antiques Show Embraces the Evolving Definition of Antique 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Freedom, who lives in an L-shaped studio in the East Village and loves to collect jewelry, clothes and decorative objects, graded himself with a harsh nine; Mr. Rosenblum clocked him at about seven. The Cult of Marie Kondo 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z The decorative side came about 15 years ago. Q&A: Vanilla Ice Flips Houses on Reality Show The Vanilla Ice Project 2013-01-25T14:15:31Z This work movingly celebrates the equal collaboration that may be special to the decorative arts: between the power of natural materials and ingenious human skill that brings out their glory. With a Centerpiece Like This, Who Needed Cake? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z This means surfaces encrusted with naturalistic forms in high relief — fish, flowers, veggies, mythological figures — surrounded by almost unbroken decorative patterning. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z Estimated to raise $8 million, and sold to benefit philanthropy, this material, with its emphasis on 18th-century French decorative arts, represents the apogee of another era of taste from the Upper East Side of Manhattan. A ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ Is Coming. What Will It Mean for Art? 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z But excepting architecture, this is a fairly complete Sottsass sampler: furniture, decorative objects, textiles, office machinery and jewelry and, of course, the idiosyncratic laminates so important to the indelible Memphis look. A Polymathic Italian Designer, With Muses and Friends 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z And their clothing tends to be either quite traditional Western attire, typically worn by the men, or African apparel worn by women, which features more decorative and lively prints. Black Can Be Even More Beautiful 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z For those who go after sculpture, objects and the so-called “decorative arts,” there is a great deal to go over, and here the sifting becomes a grueling task. Fair Swamped by Second Raters 2010-03-12T12:30:00Z The smaller Renwick, near the White House and home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s decorative arts collection, will not require passes. With safety protocols working, Smithsonian to reopen four more museums on Friday 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Skinner will host a sale of European furniture and decorative arts on January 10 in Boston. An Early-20th-Century Needlepoint Carpet Is on the Block 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z The Petit h studio is now working on a crystal vase with decorative pleated leather. T Magazine: Waste Not, Want It 2011-09-29T22:07:11Z “I wish these things could be decorative rather than structural,” she said. | West Village: A Town House in History and Now, in Fiction 2010-08-08T20:52:00Z He had slowed down a bit in the studio, but he was still making work, experimenting with new colors and new materials — the decorative pebbles used in aquariums. Albert Contreras lived an artist's life — twice 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z “We’re unusual, being an art museum with a ship model collection,” said Gerry Ward, the museum’s senior curator of American decorative arts and sculpture. Enough to Cause Art Lovers to Swoon 2010-11-20T19:38:00Z Meanwhile, the lead donor, Howard Ahmanson, preferred Edward Durrell Stone, whose style was close to Pereira's, though maybe a touch more decorative. Consider the social-architectural context of LACMA's 1965 design 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Trompe l’oeil artists were also highly in demand in the decorative arts, and wealthy patrons would hire peintres-décorateurs to shellac their drawing rooms with imitation marble and porphyry. Made You Look: The Cubist Art of Deception 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Giancarlo Baroni was an art dealer too, but he was also a passionate collector who bought paintings, drawings and decorative arts for his own pleasure. Inside Art: Whitney Museum Announces Biennial Plans 2012-11-29T20:45:41Z If you've got the outdoor space, this installation really only requires a few crates stacked and staggered into a wall, creating a decorative sanctuary for any number of your favorite plants. Got a wall? Turn it into a vertical garden 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Ronald S. Lauder rarely lets a day go by without looking at paintings, sculptures, drawings, decorative objects or beautiful books. Inside Art: Lauder Art at Neue Galerie, Warhol Films at Whitney 2011-09-22T20:00:32Z Equally unruffled are the five Edo screens at Helena Markus, many of them shrouded in flat, gold clouds that add both mystery and decorative punch. Art Review: New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show in a New Space 2010-03-25T21:27:00Z The decorative bravado of New Orleans Mardi Gras and the figurative tradition of Classical Greek sculpture are two points on the aesthetic compass worth keeping in mind when encountering her works. Art Review: Artful Commentary, Oozing From the Walls 2011-02-17T21:27:55Z Hang the TV on the wall, about four to five inches above the console, to free up the surface for decorative elements. A bold paint color and neutral furniture turns a dreary room into a cozy retreat 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z I knew it would provide a vantage point on other, more recent aesthetes who also believed in decorative force. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z The décor includes an aquarium full of jellyfish, and decorative meat hooks that hang from the ceiling. The Cruise Issue: Beyond the Buffet: 10 Restaurants Worth Leaving the Ship For 2011-02-11T19:55:00Z Up first is an exhibition devoted to the Fielding Collection, featuring more than 200 works of 18th and early 19th century American art, including paintings, furnishings and decorative art. Datebook: Two centuries of African American women, painting California, art about 'La Bestia' 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The other great element is a decorative vegetable garden, 25 feet square, and framed in a high fence fashioned from harvested trunks and branches of Eastern red cedar. There are yards and then there are gardens. This is the difference. 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The late singer's taste ranged from contemporary, impressionist and modern to Latin American and 20th century decorative art and design. 1st day of 2-day Andy Williams auction brings $46M 2013-05-16T05:19:07Z Violins were lustrous and precise, percussion decorative yet essential, brass menacing and, not an obvious Humperdinck attribute, droll. Bliss; BBC Prom 61: H?nsel and Gretel 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z There is a "perfumed sea" to compound the decorative fantasy. Poem of the week: To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe 2010-04-26T09:17:00Z The Met is preparing to redo its galleries for British decorative arts. Metropolitan Museum of Art Offers Donated Antiques for Auction 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The Renaissance master traveled once to Rome, but otherwise lived his entire life in Florence, where he was highly regarded, especially for his decorative floats, or cars, designed for the celebration of Carnival. Season preview: At last, Piero di Cosimo gets a retrospective — and it’s in D.C. 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Other projects include a home décor line launched in 2007 that features furniture, textiles, decorative accessories and area rugs. Canadian Television Host Chris Hyndman Has Died at 49 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z That’s where the artist places the transferred Chinese decorative motifs and an occasional Western corporate logo. In the galleries: The fleeting beauty of birds, making their final flights 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He was playing an encore, “Soirées de Vienne,” Liszt’s dazzling and decorative arrangement of some Schubert dances. Music Review: Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly 2011-03-10T22:36:28Z Touring the premises before their relationship began, Liberace pointed out some decorative highlights, which included 17 pianos, a casino, a quarry's worth of marble and a canopied bed with an ermine spread. Scott Thorson: the lover Liberace remade in his own image 2013-05-25T23:04:01Z So after I did “Marie Antoinette,” which was so decorative with so many characters, then I wanted to make “Somewhere,” where it was just two characters, really simple. | Lee Radziwill and Sophia Coppola, on Protecting Privacy 2013-05-30T18:00:26Z Scatter the decorative sprinkles with a generous hand, using even more if you want particularly colorful cookies, or cinnamon sugar. Christina Tosi’s favorite holiday cookie, and tips for bakers 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Soon afterward Ms. Schapiro began incorporating decorative scraps of fabric, ribbon and trim, and later entire handkerchiefs, doilies or aprons, in acrylic paintings she called femmages . Miriam Schapiro, 91, a Feminist Artist Who Harnessed Craft and Pattern, Dies 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z An enormous range of decorative looks are possible with micro toppings, which create what McLeod called a “fresh canvas.” How to give a concrete floor a cost-effective update But on May 19, Powers was cutting decorative caps for the fence: a handyman task to please his wife, maybe impress the neighbor. He Lost Fingers in an Accident. Now It’s Inspiring His Art. 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z On the other hand, “Godine at Fifty” does have head- and footbands — those little multicolored strips of cloth often sewn into the backbone of a book both for strength and for looks — and decorative endpapers. Looking Back on 50 Years of Making Beautiful Books 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The totality looks fabulous, at once sublime and ridiculous, and, like the efforts of many young painters, brings the medium into three dimensions and closer to the decorative arts. Art Review: Two Shows Offer a New Look at Julian Schnabel 2014-04-25T20:17:33Z Known for his decorative painting and portraits influenced by Cubism, Thévenaz was on the ascent when he died in 1921, just 30 years old. Why Were So Many Stettheimer Art Works Up for Sale? Not All Were Real 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z For rolling, any coarse decorative sugar works, as would Demerara or an unrefined sugar. Festive Cookies That Won’t Leave You Frazzled 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Paintings dot the high walls, and huge decorative red flowers adorn the windows. 36 Hours in Green Bay, Wis. 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Barry R. Harwood, the museum’s lead decorative arts curator, said that “there’s no hint in the book itself” as to why de Forest ordered so many and where he expected to install them. Renewed Interest for Lockwood de Forest’s Designs 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Old Salem is turning the toy galleries into a library and research center devoted to craftspeople and decorative arts of the American South. Antiques: ?Auction Hunters? and Other Buy-and-Sell TV 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z Bauhaus - German for “building house” - pioneered a new restraint as a reaction against the decorative frills of the pre-war era that now seemed frivolous. Germany's new Bauhaus museum set for interactive opening 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z But there are songs, like the recycled Pop Smoke collaboration “Tell the Vision” and the drowsy “Moon,” that feel purely decorative. Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Era, on a Chaotic Stage 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z With its decorative plaster ceiling, stone walls and marble stairs, it looked like a room from a French castle. At New York’s Pierre, Restoring the Romantic Rotunda Room 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Objects on view are not limited to examples of calligraphy; they include Chinese-influenced ink paintings, decorative objects, large screens and woodblock prints. Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:03:39Z In 2017, she launched EW.Pharmacy, which offers dried bunches made from unsold fresh stems, as well as flowers preserved in decorative elements such as bottles and bell jars. T Black Book: Florists 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z His show, “Set Pieces,” transports decorative works from the storage rooms of the Philadelphia Museum of Art across town to the institute and is as irreverent as it is resourceful. Art Review: Art Imitates Movies in a Series of Scenes 2010-12-23T22:22:15Z So when the Japanese characters speak, their words are usually reduced to the decorative, at least for non-Japanese speakers. Review: Wes Anderson’s Bleakly Beautiful ‘Isle of Dogs’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z This much is true: so why not explore that world’s treatment of women, rather than have it as a decorative backdrop, huge breasts and ballet-dancing holograms included? Is Blade Runner 2049 a sexist film – or a fair depiction of a dystopic future? 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z There’s also the subtle decorative choice of yellow tape reading, “Danger.” I watched the Randy Quaid porno so you don’t have to 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Add decorative gift labels and place in cellophane bags. Spicy Cheddar Cheese Straws 2010-12-08T19:14:00Z The visits could nearly bankrupt some families, according to James Rothwell, a decorative arts curator for the National Trust, a charity that cares for stately British homes. ‘Downton Abbey’ and the History of Difficult Royal Visits 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z The young adult author Jeff Zentner, or, as his friends call him, “the lord of autumn”, is a fall superfan with decorative gourds tattooed to his forearm and a love of cheap pumpkin spice candles. There's something about autumn: why do people love fall so much? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Decades later, the scientific view of Neanderthals has evolved — there’s evidence that they wore decorative feathers, buried their dead and were skilled leatherworkers — and so has their portrayal in fiction. Neanderthals: They’re Just Like Us 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Like other works describing weblike patterns, it suggests a stoner’s purely retinal fantasia, while also channeling the lush decorative splendors of medieval European and classic Islamic painting. Art Review: Picturing a Mind-Blowing World Made of Drugs 2010-10-07T21:19:00Z You might say that she injects the DNA of film into other mediums: photography, the decorative arts, even graffiti. Art Review: The Magic of Movies, Born From a Single Snapshot 2011-08-18T22:24:34Z Artifacts on display include Prince's guitars, "Purple Rain" motorcycle and his ashes in a decorative urn. Paisley Park museum adds more October tour dates 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z They were at once decorative and industrial — and a nod, Mr. Simons said, to couture. Raf Simons: Feeling It 2010-06-27T01:08:00Z Perhaps the most astonishing impact of the new focus on power and monumentality matched by a move away from nuance is to be observed in the decorative arts. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z Bob Gill, the irreverent graphic designer who helped transform his profession from its decorative roots into a business of ideas, died on Nov. 9 in Brooklyn. Bob Gill, Graphic Designer Who Elevated the ‘Message,’ Dies at 90 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z After a decorative sequence to establish Newport and the festival grounds as venues, another performance—and another problem—follow. A Classic Jazz Documentary That Honors and Insults the Art Form 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “Everybody wanted vernacular or Islamic style, or something decorative and old-fashioned,” Fournier said. | Striking a Balance 2014-04-09T15:00:26Z The show’s geographical center of gravity is Europe, and more tonnage is devoted to furniture and decorative arts than to anything else. Art Review: A Smorgasbord of Fine Art, the Strange and the Old 2011-01-20T23:18:38Z The slightly stuffy ambience of these rooms is enlivened considerably by Copley’s perversely decorative paintings. Art In Review: ?INTERIORS?: Pierre Bonnard, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, William Copley, ?douard Vuillard 2012-01-19T23:50:04Z This English book club specializes in honoring classics of every sort with newly commissioned art work, decorative bindings and introductions. These small presses can help you think big about summer reading 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z But the meander is also a decorative pattern of repeated sharp turns — which makes it a good metaphor for the career of Ruth Asawa. Ruth Asawa: Solid Form Meets Thin Air 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The press marks are more decorative than practical, but I like the way they look when the shortbread is baked. How to go from zero to shortbread in less than 60 minutes 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z But Beautycon showed me that pastel’s full presence is exactly the point — it’s celebratory, decorative, irreverent. Report From Planet Beautycon: Diversity and Small Female-Owned Companies in the Spotlight 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z For the condemned characters of Twin Peaks, the music is not merely a decorative hood, it's the scaffold from which they're hanged. Twin Peaks still marks the summit of TV soundtracks 2010-03-25T12:28:00Z Some artworks favored the domestic over the decorative, presenting an inflected Americana. Art Review: ‘Hooray for Hollywood!’ Recalls Holly Solomon’s Eye for Art 2014-01-16T22:48:08Z The subject of “Letter from an Unknown Woman” is the essence of character as it can be discerned from appearances, and Ophüls’s bravura camerawork and decorative sense conjure an exquisitely calibrated romanticism. Movie of the Week: “Letter from an Unknown Woman” 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z And most of the hateful specimens in “China Rich Asians” are social-climbing husbands who want their wives to be more decorative, even if the men are using the wives’ fortunes to make themselves look important. Review: Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z "In French, a potiche is a vase or decorative object of little value and no real practical use that you put on a shelf or the mantle," according to media notes on the film. Venice: Deneuve hits the Lido to promote 'Potiche' 2010-09-05T16:01:00Z It’s the first exhibition of contemporary art in eight years at an institution known for its scholarly examinations of historical, often Western, decorative arts and design. ‘Waterweavers,’ and ‘Carrying Coca’ at Bard Graduate Center 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He bought drawings from many periods and schools along with antiques and decorative objects. Inside Art: Charles Ryskamp Bequeaths Work to Frick and Morgan 2011-01-13T22:30:26Z From June 30 to July 5, the annual fair Masterpiece London will bring together 150 top international dealers in the fine and decorative arts. In Transit: London Fair Offers Masterpieces of All Sorts 2011-06-24T10:00:34Z The foundation even owns a farmhouse furnished with decorative arts, and its surrounding 12-acre arboretum is filled with rare flora from around the globe. Movie Review | 'The Art of the Steal': Manifesto From the Battle for the Barnes Collection 2010-02-25T23:20:00Z Today the museum’s collection includes more than 750,000 objects, ranging from paintings, prints and photographs to decorative arts, toys and theatrical memorabilia. In 100 Years in New York City, So Much Has Changed, and Yet … 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Precious fabrics further enriched by hand-printed or hand-painted decorative motifs, sophisticated embroideries, unusual and enchanting color harmonies — these are the same characteristics that made Venetian dresses icons of style for centuries.” In Venice, Capturing the Brio of Festivities Past 2013-04-23T05:49:12Z Mid-20th-century furniture, lighting and decorative arts in modern, unadorned spaces are popular, trendy and pricey. At a Paris Flea Market, Tips for Treasure Hunters 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Above the bar, hand-hammered brass tiles create a stunning decorative element, illuminated by bespoke lamps featuring glass shades imbued with a Lalique design. The Ivy Restaurant in London Reopens After an Extensive Makeover 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The fourth- and fifth-floor galleries for European, decorative and American arts, including Indigenous artworks, as well as design, will all get new interiors and climate control systems. Brooklyn Museum to Receive $50 Million Gift From City of New York 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Amateur bakers take stabs at recreating lavish wedding cakes and other decorative sweets; the results often look less than appetizing. What’s on TV Thursday: The ‘Scandal’ Finale and ‘Nailed It!’ 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z She is researching the tastes in decorative arts of various Protestant sects and ethnic groups in the region. A Johannes Spitler Chest Goes to Auction 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Although the term often describes any kind of decorative ironwork, true wrought iron is shaped with heat and a hammer. How to restore rusted metal 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The effective range of the largely decorative AR-15 is about the length of a football pitch; farther if you practise. A History of Syria; Panorama – America's Gun Addiction: TV review 2013-03-11T22:00:01Z I sew it on the sleepwear, and it’s decorative as well as functional. Hints From Heloise: Seashell solution 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z This supposedly “ancient” piece of architectural whimsy was created around 1810 by Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, as a folly, a decorative, extravagant creation, for the purpose of entertaining his friends and hosting parties. In the Czech Republic, Moravia and Its Castles 2011-09-23T18:55:00Z After more than 200 years in which the decorative arts and crafts have fought — and generally lost — the battle to stave off decline, both fields are enjoying a revival. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z They hold no surprises, but a connecting space does: a display of Dutch decorative arts tucked away in a kind of alcove that was once a reading area for special exhibitions. Art Review: New European Paintings Galleries, 1250-1800, at the Met 2013-05-23T22:47:11Z “I changed the ceiling light to a hanging simple pendant to look more decorative,” she says. Tiny cloffices — workspaces in closets — are big, thanks to the pandemic 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Behind them is one of three decorative wall panels Virginia Woolf commissioned her sister Vanessa and fellow artist Duncan Grant to paint. Virginia Woolf: Her life in pictures 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z He uses the phrase a few times, most notably with reference to the large, decorative “landscape rock” that is a gift from a better-off friend. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Though it is true that fashion is the outfit we all wear for the stage set of our lives, Mr. Michele takes that to a decorative extreme. Gucci’s All-Inclusive Fancy Dress Fandango 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The beauty of her voice and her facility at decorative improvisation spoke for themselves. Music Review: Jane Monheit at Birdland 2013-05-24T20:16:15Z In “Tender Love Among the Junk,” a joyous retrospective of Mr. Lanigan-Schmidt’s work at MoMA PS1, almost everything on view involves simulation of the iconography and decorative culture of the Roman Catholic Church. Art Review: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, at MoMA PS1 2012-12-06T21:51:50Z Ms. Ryack, a costume design Oscar nominee for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” wanted the decorative part of the codpiece to look like a skull. Prop Maker Doug Wright and Tom Cruise’s Codpiece 2012-06-13T21:16:24Z From President Biden’s first day in the Oval Office, media outlets have had an eager eye on his decorative choices. In the Biden White House, art selections come with a personal touch 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z They presented khaki suits with trousers whose tiny pleats were more decorative than functional, with no built-in accommodation to expanding behinds. Fashion Review: Review of Men?s Fashion From Milan 2010-06-23T21:42:00Z You project yourself into its rooms, with their shifting decorative programs and intimations of conviviality. Some Favorite Things Not Hanging on a Wall 2011-12-30T00:11:48Z Among the most arresting works is Molly Hatch’s “Rigaud,” a wall hanging composed of 78 plates each painted to represent a tiny bit, a pixel, of one decorative historic plate. Bellevue Arts exhibit puts plates at the head of the table 2014-03-06T20:17:12Z Making the video pushed Adelman to look outside the restrictive, highly engineered world of lighting design to something more decorative. Lindsey Adelman’s Music Video Inspires Mirrors and Jewelry 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z A local blacksmith produced decorative ironwork such as a towel rack in the bathroom. Comfy cabins and a mint-green river at off-the-beaten-path state park 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Any ceramic container will work.Cover the top of the foam with decorative sheet moss, hiding all edges. Colorful Easter Table Decorations 2010-03-22T21:31:00Z The residence features many typical Chinese elements: a walled private garden, decorative tiles, elaborately carved doors and a master’s quarters consisting of two adjoining courtyard homes. Heads Up: The Mandarin?s House in Macao, Now Restored, Opens to Visitors 2010-03-19T20:37:00Z Some decorative twirls for a little girl character, and for personal pleasure I did some fairly dark and serious charcoal sketches of a rabbit lost in a forest. Drawing lines: Q&A with Dinosaur Cove illustrator Mike Spoor 2013-02-15T12:12:10Z The blog post showed 12 photographs that included images of an advent calendar, “Twelve Nights”-scented candles, decorative bells and plenty of evergreen accents. Chip and Joanna Gaines reveal 2020 holiday collection 'sneak peek' 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z In fact, with the advent of mass production and the decline in duck hunting , many of the more recent examples are made for decorative purposes. In Havre de Grace, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, a rich maritime history — and ducks, lots of ducks 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Horsey artwork and decorative pieces are tastefully sprinkled across the three-story house, creating a vibe that is more pastoral English manor than My Little Pony shrine. Pennsylvania’s Inn at Westwynd Farm gives shelter to many species 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z “Shaker is the perfect illustration of design corresponding with lifestyle and intention. All the decorative detail has been stripped away. I can see connections with the Bauhaus and Prouvé here.” European Fine Art Fair Showcases Shaker Furniture 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z A contemporary of the better-known St. Patrick, St. Brigid established a monastery for women, which included a school of art that became famous for its handwritten, decorative manuscripts, particularly the Book of Kildare. The 5,000-year history of writer’s block 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z In the decorative arts category there are many works of uncommon inventiveness and craftsmanship. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z Luke Syson, the chairman of the museum’s European sculpture and decorative arts department, said the sale would help finance acquisitions of 19th-century works to fill gaps in the collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art Offers Donated Antiques for Auction 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Helvetica is simple in shape with no decorative details; like New Yorkers it is tough, blunt and pragmatic. Design: New York Subway's Long Dance With a Typeface 2011-04-03T15:00:06Z But this time there was something more feminine and even more decorative.” T Magazine: Runway In Review 2011-09-19T18:30:47Z A signature design feature in the rooms are the geometrically patterned tile headboards, which combine a decorative element of traditional Barcelona homes updated with a modern op-art twist perfectly suited for Instagram. In Barcelona, Hitting the Sweet Spot for Smart Luxury 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Co-opting a world’s worth of decorative details is what American decorating is all about. House Beautiful editor shares lessons learned from magazine’s 120 years of style 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z As it sounds, tablescaping is “a decorative arrangement of ornaments or other objects on a tabletop”. ‘Napkins are the new fashion’: the improbable rise of tablescaping 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “Frames in Focus: Sansovino Frames,” opening today, explores 30 elaborate versions from the mid to late 16th century, about the time the decorative flourish cropped up as a removable perimeter for artworks. The Frames Take The Stage At London’s National Gallery 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z On a recent afternoon the theater was alive with the sounds of hammers, drills and saws, as workmen finished installing stage lights suspended from retractable trusses and repairing the baroque decorative molding around the stage. Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y., to Reopen 2012-08-05T22:19:00Z To liven up a drab neighborhood, the architects created a colorful pergola for the station, inspired by the decorative patterns of the various African migrants who live in the area. Solving the World’s Problems at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The chest hair and shaggy sideburns would go and those pale, sagging bodies would be redefined as drawing boards for tattoos, with decorative muscles added at the gym. The big picture: the England squad relax at their hotel in Leon, Mexico, on 14 June 1970 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z The exhibition is arranged into four sections: daily life, painting and calligraphy, religious art, and decorative arts. NYC Exhibit Unveils Rich Treasures of Yuan Dynasty 2010-09-27T09:51:00Z A carved-marble swirl of frozen yogurt in a foam cup is placed among decorative arts confections of French Rococo pottery. Alex Israel spells everything out at the Huntington 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Nearby, a piece of decorative carving is a significantly different shape and size in the two versions. Has Banksy Monkeyed Around With His Parliament of Chimps? 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z To the Muslim creators of lusterware in the Arab world radiance as a decorative property helped bind together the widely dispersed faithful. Artworks That Shine in New York Museums 2013-01-04T00:50:22Z I suspect, though, that draining the political power of Rivera’s motif for simple decorative ends might have had something to do with the Mexican’s anger toward the Spaniard. LACMA's uneven new Picasso and Rivera show reveals an unprecedented, must-see discovery 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The studio, a former deli, has a wall of built-in shelves filled with vintage glass: chicken-shaped candy dishes, teacups and decorative shoes. Amber Cowan Gives New Life to Vintage Glass 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z His comments weren’t limited to the family’s decorative or style choices, either. Woman shares list of 'bonkers' complaints by houseguest staying with her family 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Shots of sunset walks, watering holes and birds flying in formation are more decorative than illuminating. 'I Am': Rare feel-good documentary explores happiness and the meaning of life 2011-02-24T22:43:41Z The room’s synthesis of architectural and decorative Moorish concepts is considered textbook. In Andalusia’s three key cities, one of history’s great architectural mash-ups 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Her aim was to show the playful waltz between the two artists, both of whom made pieces that touch on the traditions of antiquity, artisanal handwork and the decorative arts. An Art Menagerie Touched With Magic 2010-03-29T15:27:00Z But, like the female participants, too much of the show is merely decorative. Limbo – review 2013-05-21T11:49:02Z These works are pleasantly decorative, but too contained. Art in Review: PHOEBE WASHBURN: ?Temperatures in a Lab of Superior Specialness? 2011-07-21T21:42:30Z The noted critic Clement Greenberg disparaged Albers’s work for what Greenberg called its “inability to rise above merely decorative motifs.” Review | A portrait of Josef Albers, in all his originality 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Each tile depicts a different section of the elongated serpent, which can be arranged in different combinations, offering an endless array of decorative results. Four Noteworthy Finds From London’s Surface Design Show 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z And think about what’s on top: Extend the good cheer above the bar with decorative signs or artwork. Tips for setting up your home bar, during the holidays and beyond 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Rejecting the austerity of Minimalism and Conceptual Art, its members incorporated decorative elements drawn from sources as varied as Amish quilts, Islamic tile work and wallpaper. Miriam Schapiro, 91, a Feminist Artist Who Harnessed Craft and Pattern, Dies 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The Sienese style they collectively shaped was defined by the interplay of two seemingly antithetical preferences, one being descriptive realism and the other abstract decorative patterning. Art Review: ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ at Museum of Biblical Art 2012-08-10T04:40:08Z But as regular visitors to the museum know, craft — as in the skillful handmaking of objects that might be decorative, functional or both — never really left the building. Art Review: ?Crafting Modernism? at the Museum of Arts and Design 2011-10-27T22:19:42Z Intricate furnishings, decorative objects, wallpaper, complex shapes and pattern-mixing brought the ornate look of the period to life. Go big and go home: How to do maximalism right 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Aside from some unexplained red balloons on the floor when the show begins, the room’s main decorative accents are wall-filling, smudged scribbles and drawings of half-formed faces. Review: A Fantasy Town Builds a Wall Against Time in ‘Ballyturk’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Dickerson III, the National Gallery's curator of sculpture and decorative arts. The National Gallery’s next leader will have a chance to reshape the museum. If the museum allows it. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Inside the stark black or gray exteriors are bright colors, textured carpet and other unexpected decorative touches. In the galleries: An early spring is always welcome 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z For fall, Simon Pearce, the Vermont company known for tableware and decorative accessories, has become pumpkin central. Whimsical Pumpkins With a Twist 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The contrast between highly manicured and wildly unruly landscapes is not just decorative. Architecture Review | Brooklyn Bridge Park: Brooklyn Bridge Park Opens First Phase of Large Project 2010-04-01T22:47:00Z At Olitski’s death in 2007, opinion about him was split: did he advance abstraction and foreshadow minimalism, or simply create decorative works? Promising Exhibitions From Coast to Coast 2011-03-17T04:45:08Z A: A headboard might seem like a decorative feature with one simple function: keeping pillows in place. Rattling headboard? Tightening and padding are the solutions. 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Once at the spa, you should see those protocols posted in plain sight, as well as hand sanitizer stations, and an absence of clutter — like magazines, plants and decorative knickknacks. How about a single-person sauna or a touchless service? With coronavirus, spas get creative. 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z One is defined by the theme of the “Nutcracker,” with decorative images from the ballet and chocolate truffle flavors like rosemary-orange, Lebkuchen and plum pudding. A Truffle Imbued With Winter Whimsy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z He and fellow artists who made up the “Brücke,” or “bridge,” group rejected the sinuous, decorative swirls of Art Nouveau in favor of lean lines, charged with energy and emotion. Winter Coats Back to Berlin 2009-12-08T06:29:31Z She, too, draws on both the hyperventilating decorative intensity of Matisse’s Nice years and Manet’s interest in the eroticized model knowingly playing a role. Review | Two revelatory exhibitions upend our understanding of black models in art 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr. Kenny recently visited the museum here as a trustee for the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, which promotes American decorative arts. Milwaukee Art Museum Reinvigorates With Renovations 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Though the soprano is inevitably the focus here, the clarinet writing is not merely decorative. 2010-01-11T08:07:00Z Seattle Weavers Guild Sale: Functional and/or decorative handmade works, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Weekend Preview: Seattle Weavers Guild Sale 2011-10-26T21:12:08Z He's made an outing into a theatrical event, and turned a decorative space into a vital one, by expanding the ossified Shakespearean repertoire; his productions let rip. The Late Middle Clases; The Crucible; Ingredient X 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Book reviews are frequently accompanied by striking illustrations that are far from simply decorative, and speak volumes of their own. Letters to the Editor 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z On display will be choice works of fine and decorative art and antiques from over 70 top dealers—the best of the best, to put it simply. 2014 Winter Antiques Show Preview 2014-01-22T05:00:00Z “His clothes were decorative and colorful,” said Dawn Mello, the fashion consultant who at the time was the president of Bergdorf Goodman. Recalling the Lacroix Era 2013-04-19T23:17:23Z “I grew up in Georgia,” says Phil Mueller of Star Valley Flowers, a grower of fruiting, flowering and decorative branches — mainly woody perennials — in Wisconsin. In this season of austerity, there’s a cold sort of beauty in decorating with twigs 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Both vintage and brand new decorative versions seem to be everywhere — on the pages of interior design magazines, on your Instagram feed and even at big-name retailers. Perspective | Decorative room dividers make an elegant comeback 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Encouraged by growing interest in wallpaper, the company is proposing new products that combine the decorative look of wallpaper with the durability and easy clean-up of tile. 7 trends found at a major Italian tile show 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The place is done in white, with lots of decorative light wood scaffolding and greenery. Village Den, From Antoni Porowski of ‘Queer Eye,’ Opens in West Village 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Othoniel even wrote a book—The Secret Language of Flowers—that documented the decorative flourishes in this home alone. Check Out Jean-Michel Othoniel’s Site-Specific Sculptures at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The topic had long been ignored, partly because of some Northern bias among decorative arts scholars. Antiques: Exploring the Art of Louisiana Furniture 2010-12-10T00:01:00Z Through Sunday, 70-plus decorative painters will showcase their artistic technique in Salon Seattle 2014, hosted by the International Salon of Decorative Painting, a nonprofit, international art conference. Painters from many nations transform Union Station 2014-05-02T04:09:16Z The best of these solos were not simply decorative appliqués; they went somewhere. Music Review: A Plush Voice Discovers Some Room to Be Frisky 2010-10-22T21:27:00Z William turns out to be a generous, decorative, sporty, empty-headed, furtively unfaithful playboy. Review | A look back at the ‘supreme hostess’ of the American gilded age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z He planted these elements in his paintings — the fear symbol dominates the church picture — to give his decorative patterns an expressive personal subtext. Art Review: ?Paintings of Charles Burchfield? at the Whitney 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z I extended a finger to one such cicada and placed it on top of a wall, but not before admiring its decorative architecture. Periodical cicadas are an evolutionary marvel. Enjoy the show. 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The Britain-based Grenson crafted cap toes with lightweight white soles as well as plain oxfords with decorative printed details on the toe. T Magazine: At Pitti, Innovation and Inspiration 2011-06-18T19:15:12Z Embed bits of broken china or tile for a decorative effect if you wish. Cutting through quartz requires some serious drilling 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z A catalog essay by the decorative arts historian Iris Moon notes that Percier persevered despite “the continual threat of bankruptcy, material scarcity, and the instabilities of war.” Picking Apart 18th-Century French Furniture to Detect Forgery 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Although the switch from day to evening, from plain to decorative, and from flat shoes to narrow-heeled boots might have been too obvious, a show is about the theater of ideas. Special Report: Fashion: A Question of Brand Identity 2011-03-07T19:22:15Z |
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