Add to this picture the movable hangings and decorations of its many altars, and we cannot honestly attribute the coldness of the present effect to any fault in the original design.
The Decorations of the Roof= of the choir and presbytery are reproductions by Messrs.
The hand of art has indeed been lavishly laid on the decorations of this chamber, which presents a scene of luxury princes might revel in.
Then with an air of exultation she turns on her centre, giving a scrutinizing look at the rich decorations of her palace, and again at us, as if anxious to draw from us one word of approval.
And, although these decorations were comparatively perishable and soilable, they had cost little, and would last a considerable time, if not for ever.
He was apprenticed to a carriage painter at Albany, New York, and his first efforts in art were in making landscape decorations for the panels of coaches.
The mural decorations of the south corridor, by W.
First, in mistaking the proper Objects of her Esteem, and fixing her Affections upon such things as are only the Trappings and Decorations of her Sex.
Admiral Goette wore two rows of ribbons, but none of the decorations themselves.
But my companion assured me that the decorations were in honour of the expected arrival home of two regiments of Wilhelmshaven Marines from the Front.
What their many decorations had been given for there was, of course, no way of learning; nor did we find out whether the presence of so many of them at the inspection was voluntary or by order.
The big shop-windows were full of goods, with here and there the forerunning red-and-green decorations of the coming holidays.
The decorations are by the hand of one of the artists who decorated the Grand Opera in Paris.
La Merced is today considered the most fashionable church in the Island of Cuba, and during times of religious festivals the decorations of flowers and illumination of candles are very imposing.
Elevators will reach all floors and the interior decorations will be in keeping with the purpose to which the new Capitol Building is devoted.
Das Zeughaus, or arsenal, which we now approach, is a massive quadrangular building, and the warlike character of its architectural decorations strikingly indicate the nature of its contents.
The farmers had given up their distrust of him, and accepted him loyally as friend and landlord, submitting to the reseating of the church, and only growling moderately at decorations that cost them nothing.
Here, all manner of expense and prodigality was lavished on the decorations of the show; many of the knights and gentlemen being so superbly dressed that it was said they carried their whole estates upon their shoulders.
It is a large and well proportioned room, fifty feet by forty-two, but much modernised, having been remodelled by Wyatt in 1822, the decorations being of the Ionic order.
It retains much of its ancient character, and is so named from the decorations upon the frieze and cornice, representing in twelve compartments the various incidents of the chase worked in stucco.
More than fourteen centuries have come and gone since the first of these wonderful wall decorations were placed where they remain to-day.
Into these two centuries were crowded the great architectural works and their interior decorations that have made Ravenna famous.
One can here spend a very instructive morning examining the fine mural decorations that cover the walls.
Comparing these wonderful decorations with those at Ravenna and in S.
The letter asks the Premier to do certain things for the officers and men, the effect of which would be to give them equal rights with members of the permanent Militia Force in respect of titles, decorations and general standing.
Furthermore, old Rosenberg has proposed to cut down the appropriation fordecorations from twenty-five thousand to four.
Perhaps these decorations at Louveciennes were elaborations of these smaller canvases.
All the names and emblems showing forth in its decorations and indicative of its ancient rule were changed into Republican devices and symbols.
Rosso, the painter, perpetuated one of the most celebrated of these reunions in his decorations in the Galerie François I in the palace, and Cellini represented the fair huntress Diana, amid the same surroundings.
The architecture of the Écuries is of a heavy order and the sculptured decorations actually of little esthetic worth, representing as they do hunting trophies and the like.
Its decorations are due to the Duc de Noailles, the father of the present proprietor.
They made perfunctory remarks about the decorations of the tables, the quality of the floor and the music, and the revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
It consisted of a carriage that appeared royal in its decorations and in the glittering trappings of its horses, beside which rode two men dressed like noblemen, following whom came a goodly retinue of attendants.
The inartificial decorations of her person were quickly adjusted.
There were few officers on the Staff or in the Brigade of Guards who did not receive four decorations for this campaign, and, in truth, the Guards deserved all they received.
In writing of battle honours, I must not omit to mention that our allies, the French, Turks, and Sardinians, bestowed a certain number of decorations on our officers and men.
At the same time the young Queen expressed her opinion that there should be but one fountain of honour, and that it should not be left to a company of merchants to award decorations to soldiers of the Crown.
The distribution of these foreign decorations gave rise to considerable dissatisfaction.
The following list gives the number of decorations conferred regimentally.
Of the decorations it is impossible to speak with certainty, since it is probable that the mosaics which now exist were of a later period.
It is now a bare, uninteresting chamber, its altar and decorations having disappeared.
The general effect of the exterior is polychromatic, which is not according to the best conceptions of ecclesiastical decorations in architecture.
It may be a question as to how far such decorations are in really good taste, but they certainly lend a warmth and brilliancy to an edifice that might otherwise be cold and unfeeling.
Within the cathedral there are some acceptable mural decorations in the wall space above the western arch of the transept crossing.
This small, but typically Rhenish, parish church has also a series of polychromatic decorations which completely cover its available wall space.
Holbein once made a series ofdecorations for the organ-case of this church, but they exist no longer.
The decorations depict scenes from the life of the Virgin and are also reproduced in part in the glass of the lady-chapel.
It is the handsomest front of the building, though in a rather dilapidated state; the sculptural decorations of the three arches, as well as the aerial reliefs of the tympanum, are true to the period in which they were conceived.
Our decorations really looked very well, and were further enhanced by two large red geraniums in full bloom which, it appeared, Maggie had brought from home to adorn the teacher's desk.
The assembly was a somewhat mixed one, though mainly military, and uniforms of every description were there, while every second man wore decorations of one kind or another.
Then he placed his decorations exactly at the right angle, settled the hang of his pearl-handled diplomatic sword, and took his white gloves from Peters' hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decorations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
