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	It defines horror vacui as: “Literally, ‘fear of empty space’: crowded design.”		It defines horror vacui as: “Literally, ‘fear of empty space’: crowded design.”

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	The term has been used to describe excessive ornamentation that was often associated with Victorian times, but it has also been applied to decorative carpets, illuminated manuscripts, Islamic art and other objects from earlier times.		The term has been used to describe excessive ornamentation that was often associated with Victorian times, but it has also been applied to decorative carpets, illuminated manuscripts, Islamic art and other objects from earlier times.

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Gardner’s Art Through the Ages (eighth edition) was published in 1986 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. It was written by Horst de la Croix and Richard G. Tansey.

It defines horror vacui as: “Literally, ‘fear of empty space’: crowded design.”

The term has been used to describe excessive ornamentation that was often associated with Victorian times, but it has also been applied to decorative carpets, illuminated manuscripts, Islamic art and other objects from earlier times.

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* Angkor Wat.
* Dome of the Rock.
* Greek Classical orders in architecture.
* Interior design.
* Stained glass.
* Unusual construction terms.

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