The term is derived from the word ornare ornaments (Latin) meaning adorn. Being in English means jewelry ornaments. In general, ornament is a decoration (decorative elements) obtained by imitating or developing forms that exist in nature.
Ornament is one of the works of art that can be found in our society, both in buildings, clothes, housewares, jewelry and other decorative objects. The existence of the ornaments have been around since prehistoric times and still needed his presence as a tool to satisfy the human need for a sense of beauty.
In addition to his duties as an ornamental implicitly involves The beautiful aspects, for example to add to the beauty of a product so that more good and interesting, in addition to the ornament often found also symbolic values or certain purposes that has to do with the philosophy of life (philosophy life) of a human or community creators, so that objects that have meaning and significance diterapinya deep, accompanied by certain expectations anyway.
From the above it can be concluded that the ornament is expressive embodied in works of art that are applied as a construction support, barrier, symbols, with the main purpose of adding beauty objects occupied. While the pattern of most of the more decorative ornaments (decorate)
Ornaments drawing primitive
Primitive decorative art evolved in prehistoric times, where the level of human life is very simple in its time and is a central feature, so called primitive human. This affects the culture they produce. They inhabit caves, sedentary life (nomadic) and workers hunt animals.
In the field of arts, decorative arts produced is also very simple, but has a high value as an expression of their expression. Remains of artwork such as paintings produced game, hand painting labeling found on cave walls, like the walls of the cave Leang-Leang in South Sulawesi. In addition to paintings, there are also decorations on their hunting tools in the form of simple scratches.
The resulting artwork is only an expression of their feelings towards the mysterious or supernatural world that is symbolic of certain feelings, such as fear, happy, sad, and a sense of peace. Other characteristics of the stroke spontannitas art premitif ie, without perspective, and the colors were restricted to red, brown, black, and white.
Placement primitive ornament on a plane
Broadly speaking motif that is used to construct an ornament can be divided into two, namely organic geometric patterns and motifs. Geometric motifs are forms that are organized, structured, and measurable. Examples of geometric shapes are triangles, circles, rectangles, polygons, swastika, lines, meanders, and others.
Examples of geometric motifs:
