elaborate
(verb)
(used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
Examples of elaborate in the following topics:
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Schemata
- A schema can be discrete and specific, or sequential and elaborate.
- For example, a schema may be as specific as recognizing a dog, or as elaborate as categorizing different types of dogs.
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Introduction to Practical Procedures
- To recursively elaborate previously learned procedural and cultural mathematical competencies, each emphases section will have the 5th emphasis on the Practical Procedures of this level of mathematics.
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Masks in the Kalabari Kingdom
- Culture and artistic festivities of the Kalabari Kingdom involve the wearing of elaborate outfits and carved masks to celebrate the spirits.
- Although the Ijaw are now primarily Christians (95% profess to be), with Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism being the varieties of Christianity most prevalent among them, they also maintain elaborate traditional religious practices.
- Central to the festivities is the role of masquerades, in which men wearing elaborate outfits and carved masks dance to the beat of drums and manifest the influence of the water spirits through the quality and intensity of their dancing.
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Rococo Architecture
- 18th century Rococo architecture was a lighter, more graceful, yet also more elaborate version of Baroque architecture.
- Rococo architecture, as mentioned above, was a lighter, more graceful, yet also more elaborate version of Baroque architecture, which was ornate and austere.
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Gothic Metalwork and Ivory Carvings
- While that style is better known for its large dramatic features such as flying buttresses and elaborate stain glass, metalworkers and sculptures working in ivory also made an impact on the the art, architecture, craft and, interior design world of France during the period.
- These included door knockers, locks, and even hinges with elaborate adornment.
- The elaborate decoration of the door to Notre Dame Cathedral is a strong example of the ornate metalwork of this period.
- The elaborate doorknocker is just one of the details worked into the door of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Rococo in French Decoration
- Rococo salons are known for their elaborate detail, serpentine design work, asymmetry and predisposition to lighter, pastel, or gold-based color palettes.
- Rococo salons are characterized by their elaborate detail, intricate patterns, serpentine design work, asymmetry, as well as a predisposition to lighter, pastel, and gold-based color palettes .
- A Rococo interior from the Hotel de Soubise, Paris that demonstrates highly elaborate ceiling work.
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Featherwork of the Aztecs
- Featherwork, or the working of feathers into clothing and artifacts, was an especially elaborate practice among the Aztecs.
- Featherwork is the working of feathers into a cultural artifact, which was an especially elaborate art form among the Aztecs.
- Feathers were incorporated into many aspects of life, including traditional clothing, armor for warfare, elaborate headdresses, and beautiful works of art.
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English Gothic Architecture
- Decorated architecture is characterized by its window tracery, which are elaborate patterns that fill the top portions of windows.
- Vaulting also became more elaborate, with the use of increasing numbers of ribs, initially for structural and later for aesthetic reasons.
- Architects were also responding to labor shortages resulting from the plague, and therefore relied on less elaborate designs.
- The west front of York Minster Cathedral is a fine example of Decorated architecture, in particular the elaborate tracery on the main window.
- This period saw detailed carving reach its peak, with elaborately carved windows and capitals, often with floral patterns.
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The Opus Anglicanum
- Opus Anglicanum, Latin for the English work, referred to the elaborate needlework produced during the the middle ages.
- Opus Anglicanum, Latin for the English work, referred to the elaborate needlework produced during the the middle ages.
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Romanesque Sculpture: Majestat Batilo
- One of the most elaborate types in Catalonia was the Christ in Majesty: images of Christ on the Cross that symbolize his triumph over death, of which the most outstanding is the Batlló Majesty.
- A thin belt with an elaborate interlace knot pulls the tunic in above Christ's hips, making the fabric above it swell out slightly and curving the path of its flat, wide vertical folds.
- It is one of the most elaborate examples in Catalonia of an image of Christ on the Cross symbolizing his triumph over death.