Rock that is part of a natural geologic feature, such as a cliff, cave or outcropping. The term is used commonly in rock-cut architecture to define structures or sculptures carved directly into their source, as opposed to structures made from quarried blocks.
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A single-handed gesture in South Asian iconography in which the palm is stretched out and downwards from the wrist, with…
In architecture, uppermost member of a column or pilaster, wider than the shaft and often distinctively carved or decorated in…
A form of mosaic work wherein hard semi-precious stones are inlaid onto stone to form images. The decorative technique flourished…
Art that is made by shaping or making forms on land or by using natural materials such as grass, rocks…
Art made by assembling disparate elements from everyday or found objects. Assemblages are often associated with movements such as Dadaism,…
One of the three canonical orders of Western Classical architecture, it originated in the mid-sixth century in Ionia (present-day Turkey).…
Pyaari Azaadi (b. 1966), formerly known as Jaishri Abichandani, is a Brooklyn-based artist and curator working across a range of…
An ornamentation technique in sculpture and the decorative arts, where wood, metal, stone and fabric are embedded with different materials…