Who's Afraid of Ornament narrated by James Kalm (aka Loren Munk) from definition of message in art Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 44 sec
✓ Published: 16-Jul-2015

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The decorative principle is fundamental in art.Several artists continue to explore the power imbued to visual form by its ornamental characteristics. These properties evoke certain sensations in the viewer through the entire composition of the work: colors, lines, shapes, and their relationships. This understanding of ornament as a vital component of expression in artistic production subverts its more accepted definition as an external addition to a work, a mere embellishment.nThe first attr