The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.

Only when European decorative themes were introduced did these meanings become obscured or even lost.

To twentieth-century eyes, Chinese pottery may appear merely decorative, yet to the Chinese the form of each object and its adornment had meaning and significance.

Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead.

Well, design doesn’t necessarily include things like sculptures or decorative walkways or even eye-catching window displays, you know, art, although I’d be the first to admit those things are aesthetically appealing.

To truly experience the beauty of this decorative glass, you should see it with light passing through it, uh, especially sun light, which is why stained-glass is usually used for windows.

Stained glass, of course, is simply glass that has been colored and, uh, cut into pieces and re-assembled to form a picture or decorative design.

The arts of the Islamic book, such as calligraphy and decorative drawing, developed during A.D. 900 to 1500, and luxury books are some of the most characteristic examples of Islamic art produced in this period.

And there was the secondary stage where they melted the raw glass, the glass disks, and created decorative objects, so, or whatever.

Plenty of local people sell their stuff there, ceramics, jewelry, decorative items.