Decorative Art
Scope Note
Types of artifacts decorated and not decorated; decorative techniques (e.g., carving, engraving, painting, inlay, embroidery); use of color and relief; designs and patterns (e.g., naturalistic, geometric); decorative symbols and their meanings; elaborated styles; associated beliefs and practices; specialists; etc.
History Note
This term was used until 1997. To search for information on this subject in materials indexed after 1996, use "Visual Arts" (5311).
- Broader Term
- 530 Art
- Related Terms
- 212 Writing
- 280 Leather, Textiles, And Fabrics
- 290 Clothing
- 301 Ornament
- 302 Personal Grooming
- 304 Body Alterations
- 341 Architecture
- 353 Building Interiors And Arrangement
- 386 Paint And Dye Manufacture
- 410 Tools And Appliances
- 517 Leisure Time Activities
- 5311 Visual Arts
- Use Fors
- Art (decorative before 1997)
- Beadwork (art before 1997)
- Carving in decorative art (before 1997)
- Decorative art (before 1997)
- Designs (before 1997)
- Engraving (before 1997)
- Iconography (before 1997)
- Incising (decorative artistic technique, before 1997)
- Inlay (visual art before 1997)
- Patterns (art before 1997)
- Patterns and designs in visual art (before 1997)
- Quilts (designs used before 1997)
- Identifier
- 531
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