A meander or meandros (Greek: Μαίανδρος) is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Among some Italians...

positions. At the bottom of the flag is a white band charged with a red meander ornament, which symbolizes the lifestyle in the past and a prosperous future...

an image. Motifs can occur both in figurative and narrative art, and in ornament and geometrical art. A motif may be repeated in a pattern or design, often...

lines, often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised...

Communist symbolism Fascist symbolism Flash and circle Francoist Symbol Meander Nazi symbolism Black Sun National symbol / Lists of national symbols Cockade...

and are still followed in some modern buildings. It used a vocabulary of ornament that was shared with pottery, metalwork and other media, and had an enormous...

雲雷紋; yúnléiwén; 'cloud thunder motif'),: 133  which somewhat resemble the meander patterns, and to the cloud scroll patterns which were used in the Warring...

and enamel, Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai, Vergina, Greece Roman meander with rosettes on the Temple of Hadrianus, Ephesus, Turkey, unknown architect...

The scroll in art is an element of ornament and graphic design featuring spirals and rolling incomplete circle motifs, some of which resemble the edge-on...

metallic color. This was the period when the decorative theme of the meander was added to the pottery design, the most characteristic element of Geometric...

remaining two ships, the Trinidad and Victoria, spent the next six months meandering through Southeast Asia in search of the Moluccas. On the way, they stopped...

in the center of the thirteen nation-themed gardens, which featured a meandering stream and 2,000 plant varieties. The Garden of the Nations also contained...

should follow function); an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. According to Le Corbusier, the roots of the movement were to be found...

retained these, and often introduced thin layers of moulding or further ornament, as well as often using plain columns. More often they used versions of...

meters on both sides of the small river. Within the plain, the Tollense meanders in a wide valley between marshy meadows and low hills. During the last...

The earliest known swastikas are from 10,000 BCE – part of "an intricate meander pattern of joined-up swastikas" found on a late paleolithic figurine of...

and daily scenes. Architectural features tend toward geometric ornaments, like meanders and labyrinths. The interior of a Chinese house was simple and...

list of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs, including decorative ornaments, patterns, auspicious symbols, and iconography elements, used in Chinese...

battlements, concentric circles, meanders, and key patterns. The entirety of the vase, excluding the main frieze, is ornamented with precisely balanced patterns...

North Midlands nation. It is likely that the west Tamar valley, or the Meander river valley formed the NNW boundaries of the North Midlands nation – with...

tomb in Essex. There were two gilt-bronze discs with animal interlace ornament, a bronze brooch, a silver buckle, and a gold-coated stud from a buckle...

Herringham, Christiana J. (1909). "Notes on Oriental Carpet Patterns-VI. Meander and Key Patterns". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 15 (74): 98–104...

central-northern Anatolia. George Ewart Bean (1989). Turkey beyond the Meander. John Murray Publishers Ltd, London. ISBN 978-0-7195-4663-1. "Table 1 Overview...

of French Neoclassicism. The style was a reaction against the elaborate ornament of the preceding Baroque period. It was inspired in part by the discoveries...

row of posts in the center of the square room. In the realm of art, the meander-labyrinth motif was found on seals and jewellery of the Early Neolithic...

Lade. Over the centuries the gulf silted up with alluvium carried by the Meander River. Priene and Myus had lost their harbors by the Roman era, and Miletus...

relating to religious symbolism. Symbols are depicted in every variety of ornament and reveal that the chief object of the prehistoric cult of the Illyrians...

Mullah), the rarer border is formed by three-pointed motif, sometimes meander border can also be seen. As a rule, the main elements of this carpet are...

with a strong Greek stylistic influence, including volute, bead and reel, meander or honeysuckle designs. This monumental piece of architecture tends to...

his manners. Mortals rejoice that there has existed such and so great an ornament of the human race! He was born on 25th December 1642, and died on 20th...