Sentence examples for decorative nature from inspiring English sources

The estimate is low, in part because of the objects' decorative nature and in part because the auction house tends to undervalue objects in house sales purposely.

Ms. Heard does what she can to overcome the essentially decorative nature of her part, while most of the rest of the cast does whatever mugging or ranting seems appropriate.

His diamond-encrusted skull, entitled For the Love of God, was condemned by the critics for its "vulgarity" and "decorative" nature when Hirst put it up for auction in 2007.

The synagogue was rediscovered by Laura Mass, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student who wrote her thesis on it in 2004, and found artifacts amid the debris, including pages from a holiday song book and pieces of plaster that helped determine the decorative nature of the space.

Paintings are rarely functional, for example, but they lift our spirits and their decorative nature is often an ideal wall improvement addition.

The decorative, nature-inspired genre arrived in Finland at the end of the 19th century and flourished in the growing capital.

"For instance, the Chinese fondness for the decorative beauty of nature, rather than manmade forms, clearly influences my sensibility".

The sameness of the red brick buildings was broken up by 500 terra-cotta statues built into the corners of buildings and small decorative plaques with nature scenes above many building entrances.

Like Tiffany, he made free use of decorative elements found in nature, to equally splendid effect.

While this is technically a modular piece, its use is more decorative than geometric in nature.

Looking at the English Aesthetic Movement decorative arts, they borrowed decorations derived from nature and Gothic, Moorish and Persian design elements.