Internally, the complex decoration of all surfaces relates it in style more closely to Palladio's late palace designs than to his churches.
It is that complex decoration, touching on holograms, metal mesh and metallics, that makes these breezy, body-conscious clothes so special (and so expensive).
Further attractions included the building (1895) of the 520-foot (158-metre) Blackpool Tower, a regional landmark modeled on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and the introduction of illuminations, a complex decoration of seafront buildings by coloured lights and tableaux.
Throughout the 1870s and '80s, his style evolved from one typical of Victorian graphics, that is, dominated by complex decoration, to a simpler, more dynamic approach in which compositions were dominated by large central figures, prominent hand-lettered titles, simplified backgrounds, and large areas of glowing colour and gestural textures.
It might appear that such a result would be useful only to schoolchildren making complex Christmas decorations, but in fact Demaine's work has found uses in industry, especially in car air bag design.
However, there is nothing to cheer about when complex holiday decorations dominate your basement space.
For more complex piping decorations, consider trying a design on a square of parchment paper.
The 18th-century Rococo movement, characterized by complex curvilinear decoration, found its graphic-design expression in the work of the French typefounder Pierre-Simon Fournier.
A floor cushion is "quite cheap furniture," Mr. Sieger said, "so the idea was to give it a more luxurious appearance by using this very complex and rich decoration".
Another important contribution concerned the study and virtual restoration of the polychrome decoration of the statue; our aim was to reproduce and restore in the virtual 3D domain the very complex original polychrome decoration, on the base of the remaining traces.
