| Tie-backs are a decorative effect using a cord, chain, rope or cloth to secure the draperies back away from the window. |
| The bold foreshortening and the swirling draperies create an intensely dramatic composition. |
| Canopies, finely executed pillars, draperies folded in gentle scallops and garlands lend to her pictures an aura of opulence. |
| A sketchbook page that includes croquis of a Tanagra figure, swathed in draperies, suggests that the inspiration was in fact Hellenistic. |
| His paintings of this time had a magical and apocalyptic character, with hazy shapes and swirling draperies fading into the landscape. |
| Are these textiles Baroque draperies, shrouds or the curtains of a luxurious four-poster bed defiled and destroyed? |
