Art

Pictures, I

Decorative arts is a term used to designate a variety of categories including furniture, woodwork, and glass. The term decorative arts also refers to ceramics (porcelain and earthenware) and metalwork (gold, silver, bronze, and other metals).

The decorative arts reflect the desire throughout human history to decorate the environment. For example, prehistoric peoples created small ivory sculptures. The Egyptians buried finely crafted furniture and jewellery with their dead.

* * * * * * *

Vocabulary

art	abstract	sculpture
clay	pottery	ceramics
paint	basket	wood carving
vase	marble	landscape
stone	portrait	painting
glass	classical	brassware
wood	bronze	basket weaving
statue	ancient	matryoshka