The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. They include most of the objects made for the interiors of buildings, as well as interior design, but typically exclude architecture, and their major groupings are ceramic art, metalwork, furniture, jewellery, fashion, various forms of the textile arts and glassware. The applied arts largely overlap with the decorative arts, and in modern usage both are often placed under the umbrella category of design. The decorative arts are commonly set in distinction to the fine arts, namely painting, drawing, photography and large-scale sculpture, which generally produce objects solely for their aesthetic quality and their capacity to stimulate the intellect.
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The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional.
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Ceramic art, metalwork, furniture, jewellery, fashion, various forms of the textile arts and glassware are major groupings.
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The Tara Brooch is an Irish Celtic brooch, dated to the late 7th or early 8th century. It is of the pseudo-penannular type (with a fully closed head or hoop), and made from bronze, silver and gold. Its head consists of an intricat
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The Alfred Jewel is a piece of Anglo-Saxon goldsmithing work made of enamel and quartz enclosed in gold. It was discovered in 1693, in North Petherton, Somerset, England and is now one of the most popular exhibits at the Ashmolean
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The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5.1 kg (11 lb) of gold, 1.4 kg (3 lb) of silver and so
Coronation cloak, Wikipedia
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The Coronation cloak or pluviale (Latin for mantle) was one of the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire and was the main piece of the coronation regalia of the Roman-German emperors.
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