Style element

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A style element is the artistically defining component of an object designed by human hands. The style element varies temporally and spatially and leaves styles that can be more or less clearly delimited from one another , based on the frequency with which the respective style element occurs.

Ionic and Corinthian capital

Style elements can give indications of temporal and spatial origin, but may not be used solely to determine origin and age.

They are most often found in places that go beyond pure functionality, i.e. in jewelry and ornamentation, for example, of crockery, furniture and architecture. In addition to ornament and other typical decorations , iconography also treats sculptures , significant construction methods, related materials or representation conventions as stylistic elements . Contemporary ideals or a characteristic theme can also become a style element.

Examples

Finnish Art Nouveau ornament
  • Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, etc. columns - in ancient times .
  • The three-dimensional space - in the Renaissance .
  • The rokal, as namesake - in the baroque and rococo .
  • Conveying power and strength - in baroque paintings.
  • The lack of ornament - in classicism .
  • The blossoming figuration - in Berlin neo-baroque .
  • The medieval symbolic language - the Pre-Raphaelites .
  • The flowing ornamentation borrowed from nature - in Art Nouveau .
  • Glass and steel - in contemporary architecture.