The templon , or triumphal arch or screen, was located in the front of the apse. The highly decorated altar was located within the sanctuary and covered with a ciborium , or baldachin. A narthex , or vestibule, was added across the entry end of the basilica for individuals not yet baptized. A transept —or crossing between the apse and the nave—gave the plan a cross shape.
The opulent St. Mark’s cathedral In Venice makes use of gilded Byzantine mosaics.
Romayne work made use of carved human heads that were typically surrounded by a wreath, foliage, or a roundel. A scoop , also called nulling , was a short vertical flute with at least one curved end.
An example of a common, simple-back stool. Ornate carving on wooden Spanish furniture was typical in both Spain and Latin America.
Salvador Dali’s lipstick sofa
Deconstructivism as demonstrated by Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and at the Seattle Central Library.