Sentence examples for decorative function from inspiring English sources

The trill — a gesture that formerly served a decorative function — becomes a sign of the uncanny.

But style in these movies serves more than a decorative function.

These were mainly used for dressing purposes, though occasionally they had a decorative function.

Many of the items in this collection were, after all, designed for utilitarian, ceremonial or decorative function – not posterity.

Still, it is interesting to see artists transfer their ideas to another medium, especially one with a decorative function.

The reliefs on the interiors and exteriors of temples have a decorative function similar to that of wall painting.

No other artist has taken both the representational and the decorative functions of painting to such dizzying heights.

Marshall's untroubled embrace of painting's age-old narrative and decorative functions projects a degree of confidence that is backed both by his passion for the medium and by the authenticity of his lived experience.

While landlines in homes collect dust and serve increasingly decorative functions, the attitude among baseball clubs is a familiar one in a sport tied tightly to old-fashioned ways: why change what works?

He elaborated on Moréas's contention that the purpose of art "is to clothe the idea in sensuous form" and stressed the subjective, symbolical, and decorative functions of an art that would give visual expression to the inner life.

In his definitive text on the subject, The Beauty of Kinbaku, author and teacher Master "K" explains that shibari, the general term for rope tying, has had myriad practical and decorative functions throughout Japan's history, in Shinto spiritual offerings, Sumo wrestling, and traditional kimono.