A large picture painted on or applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface

The art or technique of painting on a freshly spread, moist plaster surface with pigments ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Also, a picture or design so painted.

A pictorial sign or symbol

An ancient drawing or writing scratched on stone, plaster, or other hard surface

Inscriptions or drawings spray-painted or sketched on a public surface, such as a sidewalk or wall of a building

Decoration produced by cutting or scratching through a surface layer of paint or plaster to reveal a ground of contrasting color

A picture or decorative pattern made by inlaying small, usually colored pieces of tile, enamel, or glass in mortar

One of the small pieces of colored marble, glass, or tile used in mosaic work

Colored glass or enamel, esp. in the form of minute squares, used in mosaic work

A decorative mosaic technique for architectural surfaces developed by Roman architects in the 12th & 13th centuries, balancing intricate geometric patterns of colored stones and glass with smooth areas of plain stone disks and strips

Any mosaic of regularly cut material

A form of opus sectile having a geometric pattern formed with few colors, such as black and white, or dark green and red

An ancient Roman masonry wall faced with small pyramidal stones set diagonally with their square bases forming a net-like pattern

A mosaic of tessera arranged in waving lines resembling the form or tracks of a worm

The projection of a figure or form from the flat background on which it is formed

A mosaic made by inlaying fine, delicately colored stones into a white or black marble surface

A decoration or ornament made by cutting out a design and fastening it to a larger piece of material

To decorate by setting pieces of wood, ivory, or the like into a surface, usually at the same level

To raise, mold, or carve a surface design in relief

To carve, cut, or etch designs on a hard surface, as that of a metal, stone, or the end grain of wood

A figure or design incised into the surface of a stone or metal plate so that an impression yields a figure in relief

Ornamental or structural work having a lattice-like nature or showing openings through its substance

Ornamental openwork of delicate or intricate design

An ornament carved or embossed in low relief

Sculptural relief in which the highest points of the modeled forms are below or level with the original surface

Sculptural relief in which the modeled forms project from the background by at least half their depth

Sculptural relief intermediate between high relief and bas-relief

Sculptural relief that projects very slightly from the background

An artistic composition consisting of forms or motifs borrowed from different sources

Artificial, counterfeit, or false, as of an architectural ornament that is added superfluously or inappropriately

A conventional figure usually having five or more points radiating from a center, often used as an ornament and symbol

A hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism

A six-pointed star-like figure, formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon into equilateral triangles

A ring, circle, or surrounding radiance of light, such as a halo, nimbus, or aureole

A disk or ring of radiant light around or above the head, traditionally symbolizing the sanctity of a divine or sacred personage in religious paintings and sculptures

A circle of light or radiance surrounding the head or body in the representation of a sacred personage

An elliptical, pointed figure used esp. in early Christian art as an emblem of Christ. Also called mandoria.

A Christian monogram and symbol formed by superimposing the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ. Also called chrismon.

A raised or sunken rectangular panel on a wall, distinctively treated or ornamented with inscriptions, painting, or sculpture

A flat slab or plaque having a surface suitable for or bearing an inscription, carving, or the like

A usually oval or circular tablet, often bearing a figure or ornament in relief

An oval or oblong, slightly convex surface, usually surrounded with ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low-relief decoration