How to Use decorative art in a Sentence

decorative art

noun

• Its concept was an outgrowth of the Bauhaus school of thought, that decorative arts were art, and that art should be a part of all aspects of life.
  — Diane Cowen, Houston Chronicle, 21 Dec. 2017
• At least one of those is now on display at the Renwick, a gallery that is devoted to craft and decorative arts.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2017
• The sculptor Ruth Asawa helped erase boundaries between art, craft and the decorative arts.
  — Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• This decorative art piece, made of 100% resin, can also be mounted to a wall for greater impact.
  — Jennifer Miko, Chron, 22 May 2021
• The committee tries to select one decorative arts project and one fine arts project.
  — Farah Nayeri, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• Stained glass comes home again: a decorative art is revived...and revised.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 20 Aug. 2021
• This film is both a loving homage to Austen and a celebration of fashion and decorative arts.
  — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
• The close friends are business partners in Hedge, a decorative arts gallery in San Francisco.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 13 June 2012
• The history of this decorative art, which dates to the sixth century, is traced in this exhibit on view through March 6.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• The history of this decorative art, which dates to the sixth century, is traced in this exhibit on view Dec. 11 through March 6.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• Take in the stunning interiors and array of decorative arts, then sit down for lunch in the garden.
  — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 20 Sep. 2010
• The best thing Yale is doing is giving craft — what used to be called decorative arts or material culture — a place of pride.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
• Other fine and decorative art and household items from her homes around the world will also be available, along with jewelry, clothes, and wigs.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 15 July 2019
• This decor trend celebrates the homemade decorative arts that some would argue have been overlooked for far too long.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2023
• Wiener Werkstätte’s philosophies dovetailed nicely with the Arts and Crafts movement, and the products produced tended to focus on the decorative arts.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2017
• There's a 1950s daybed by the great French furnituremaker Jules Leleu, good reading lamps, and floor-to-ceiling shelves of books on history and the decorative arts.
  — Peter Terzian, ELLE Decor, 7 Dec. 2011
• The eggs are the rare works of decorative art that offer multiple and evolving layers of interest.
  — Nancy Gould Chuda, Town & Country, 11 June 2021
• Is there a longer-range plan to sell that property, which Barnes filled with decorative art and Pennsylvania Dutch ironwork?
  — Stephan Salisbury, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Regardless, its wildly colored decorative art gives the area a lofty boost.
  — Dirk Sutro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
• Though not a museum of decorative arts, the JF Chen store could certainly qualify as one.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2018
• The company is revered for its use of Urushi lacquer on its lighters, dials and pens, which is derived from resinous tree sap and first introduced in Asia as a decorative art form thousands of years ago.
  — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Huang joins Dastur and Gourlay in referring to decorative art, in his case Zhuang-style brocade embroidery.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• The big finale is the Benaki Museum of Greek decorative arts.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 10 June 2023
• Yet despite all this, samples of his work are included in the Met’s permanent display of British decorative art, which prompts some wider questions.
  — Linda Colley, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• Paired perfectly alongside the museum's own collections of paintings and decorative arts, the gowns, ball skirts and blouses come to life.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 25 Oct. 2017
• This comes at the end of a year that explores the world of Japan at Newfields, including plant collections in the garden, food, fashion and influence on decorative arts in the 19th century.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2018
• His drawings and paintings are on view in the period rooms of the historic house, alongside the fine and decorative arts of the museum’s permanent collections.
  — courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• The craze for exoticism in the decorative arts reached a fever pitch; textiles were littered with pagodas and conical hats catering to growing tastes for Japonism.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 June 2018
• Luxury can be streetwear—Supreme [the clothing brand] sales, sneaker sales—and wine, watches, decorative art and jewelry.
  — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2021
• Fine Art Mercury was also a prodigious collector of fine and decorative art.
  — James Tarmy, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024