Memorials

a great tomb or rich monument

roof-like covering, not attached to four walls, but suspended by poles, cords, or attached on one side to a wall. examples include coverings or hangings suspended over an altar, tomb, throne, couch, bed, etc., or held over a person walking in procession, or an architectural roof-like ornamented projection, surmounting a niche, door, window, tomb, etc.

Alternate Names: baldachin; altar canopy; baldacchino

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a long, regular channel or projection used for finishing and decorative purposes

Alternate Names: moulding

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egg-shaped ornaments alternating with dart-like ornaments

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ornamental motifs including fanciful human and animal forms and floral ornament, based on the decoration of Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome, discovered in 1488; could also be categorized as animal-, human-, and/or plant-derived motif

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based on the candelabrum form, that is, a candleholder with two or more arms

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the escutcheon, or shield, carries the arms in the heraldic achievement

Alternate Names: coat of arms; heraldry

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Alternate Names: stag's head; stag's attire

words, texts, lettering, or symbols carved, inlaid, or painted on a memorial

Alternate Names: monogram

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ornamental motif, often carved as decoration in classical and classically influenced architecture, consisting of fruit, foliage, and flowers hung loosely from two points; often deployed on a frieze or panel. Distinct from "swag," which refers to textiles similarly hung

Alternate Names: garland

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round convex molding with disks alternating singly or in pairs with oblong beads

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a distinct or separable design element derived from an animal, as opposed to human, form

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Alternate Names: urn

Alternate Names: testa di morte

Black marble quarried in Greece and Egypt, used as a touchstone and from the late 16th century in Verona used for painting surface

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