architectural ornament
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For that shot, we positioned this architectural ornament exactly behind Stanton as if rays of light are coming out of his head like he’s a saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
"But they reflect the diversity of architectural ornament found on churches up and down the country."
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2019
Rather, it is a publicly owned private space, an outdoor showroom and storage area for Allan Reiver’s Elizabeth Street Gallery, which deals in antiques and architectural ornament.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2015
Levester Williams contributes a white egg shape recessed into a notch in a white wall, perhaps a crypt from a miniature catacombs or simply a minimalist architectural ornament.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2015
It may, of course, be considered that anything but conventional form is out of place as architectural ornament; on the other hand, it must not be ignored that conventionality is a growth.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by Wildridge, T. Tindall
