meander
(noun)
A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.
Examples of meander in the following topics:
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Qualities of Line
- Meandering lines can be either geometric or expressive, and one can see how their indeterminate paths animate a surface to different degrees.
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Mannerist Sculpture
- At the same time, precedence is given to the 'moto', that is, to the meandering movement, which should make the pyramid, in exact proportion, into the geometrical form of a cone."
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Temple Architecture in the Greek Orientalizing Period
- A meander runs atop the reliefs.
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Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period
- On the lip of the krater and on many registers of the amphora, is a decorative meander.