Meander (art)
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A meander or meandros is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. To some Italians, these patterns are known as "Greek lines". Such a design may also be ca
Meander (or Greek key) on a stove in the Dimitrie Sturdza House (Strada Arthur Verona no. 13), Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, 1883
Meander motif in the streets of Rhodes, Greece, in pavement made from beach stones
Geometric bowl decorated with a meander, 730–720 BC, ceramic, Kinský Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
Ancient Greek metope with three women that have meanders on their clothes, c.640 BC, terracotta, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Scroll (art)
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The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on view of a book or document in scroll form, tho
Band of running scroll decoration on the 12th-century Indian Hoysaleswara Temple
Chinese plate, Jingdezhen, 1271–1368, with three zones of scrolls with flowers
Austrian inhabited scroll frieze, 1890s
The "Tellus Panel" from the Ara Pacis, Rome, c. 27 AD. A spreading scrollwork panel below, scrolling forms coming off a straight stem in the side panels, and a border band of meanders below the figures.