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Meanders are common decorative elements in [[Greek art|Greek]] and [[Roman art]]. In [[ancient Greece]] they appear in many [[Frieze|architectural friezes]], and in bands on the [[pottery of ancient Greece]] from the [[Geometric Period]] onward. The design is common to the present-day in classicizing architecture,<!-- Too silly? Although Greek eateries will almost certainly have Greek Keys decorating walls, menus ''et cetera'', both Mexican and Chinese food menus and place mats frequently incorporate this style of fret. --> and is adopted frequently as a decorative motif for borders for many modern printed materials.
The meander is a fundamental design motif in regions far from a Hellenic orbit: labyrinthine meanders ("thunder" pattern <ref>See J. E. L., description of a Late Chou ''hou'' at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, in "A Chinese Bronze", ''Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts'' '''27''' (August 1929:48).</ref>) appear in bands and as infill on [[Shang dynasty|Shang bronze]]s (
Meanders and their generalizations are used with increasing frequency in various domains of contemporary art. The painter Yang Liu, for example, has incorporated smooth versions of the traditional Greek Key (also called Sona drawing, [[Sand drawing]], and [[Kolam]]) in many of her paintings.<ref>Yang Liu, "Visual art as research: Explorations with sona drawings", ''Leonardo'', April 2010, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 129–131.</ref><ref>Yang Liu, "Cross-culturalism in painting: visualization via meanders", ''Journal of Visual Arts Practice'', Vol. 8, No. 3, 2009, pp. 205–214.</ref><ref>Yang Liu, "From sona drawings to contemporary art", ''HYPERSEEING'', Summer 2009, pp. 37–41. Published by ISAMA, The International Society for the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture.</ref>
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== Gallery ==
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Geometric bowl, 730-720 BC, Prague NM-H10 4103, 151503.jpg|[[Geometric art|Geometric]] bowl decorated with a meander, 730–720 BC, ceramic, [[Kinský Palace (Prague)|Kinský Palace]], [[Prague]],
File:Palaistra scene Louvre G457.jpg|A typical Attic red-figure cup with meander pattern at borders, by the [[Eretria Painter]], {{circa
File:Herculaneum — Women's Baths (14732688117).jpg|[[Ancient Roman architecture|Roman]] meander mosaic of a [[tepidarium]], [[Herculaneum]], Italy, unknown architect, unknown date
File:0540 - Milano - Museo archeologico - Mosaico romano (sec. I a.C.) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto, 13-mar-2012.jpg|Roman meander on a mosaic, 1st century BC, [[Archaeological Museum of Milan]], Italy
File:Chedworth Roman Villa 05.jpg|Roman meander on a mosaic from the [[Chedworth Roman Villa]], [[England]], unknown architect, {{circa
La Iglesia 5 Mäander.jpg|[[Ancient Maya art|Mayan]] meander from [[Chichen Itza]], [[Mexico]], unknown architect,
▲La Iglesia 5 Mäander.jpg|[[Ancient Maya art|Mayan]] meander from [[Chichen Itza]], [[Mexico]], unknown architect, 750-1050
Père-Lachaise - Division 28 - Foy 08.jpg|[[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] meander border on the ceiling of the Grave of Foy, [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]], Paris, by [[Pierre Jean David]], 1831
59 Rue de Provence, Paris (01).jpg|Neoclassical meander in the [[lunette]] of the Ensemble immobilier de la cité d'Antin ([[Rue de Provence]] no. 59), Paris, unknown architect, {{circa|1850}}
▲59 Rue de Provence, Paris (01).jpg|Neoclassical meander in the [[lunette]] of the Ensemble immobilier de la cité d'Antin ([[Rue de Provence]] no. 59), Paris, unknown architect, {{circa}}1850
Ceiling with mosaic of the Opéra Garnier (01).jpg|Neoclassical meander border on a ceiling of the [[Palais Garnier]], Paris, by [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]], 1860–1875{{sfn|Jones|2014|p=296}}
File:Ceiling centre of the Salon du glacier in the Opéra Garnier.jpg|Neoclassical meander border of a ceiling of the Salon du glacier in the Palais Garnier, by Charles Garnier, 1860–1875
Floor of the Moon Salon in the Opéra Garnier.jpg|Neoclassical meander border of a floor of the Moon Salon in the Palais Garnier, by Charles Garnier, 1860–1875
3-5 Strada Icoanei, Bucharest (46).jpg|Neoclassical meander on a floor in the [[Școala Centrală National College|Central Girls' School]] (Strada Icoanei no. 3-5), [[Bucharest]], Romania, by [[Ion Mincu]], 1890{{sfn|Celac|Carabela|Marcu-Lapadat|2017|p=123}}
Stove tile from a house demolished in the 1980s in the Uranus area, on display during an exhibition in the Bucharest City Hall (02).jpg|Neoclassical meander on a stove tile from a house in Bucharest, on display during an exhibition in the Bucharest City Hall, unknown designer, {{circa|1900}}
Grave of the Vasile I. Prodanof Family in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (03).jpg|Neoclassical meander on a [[Doric order|Doric]] column capital of the Vasile I. Prodanof family tomb, [[Bellu Cemetery]], Bucharest, unknown architect, {{circa|1930}}
▲Stove tile from a house demolished in the 1980s in the Uranus area, on display during an exhibition in the Bucharest City Hall (02).jpg|Neoclassical meander on a stove tile from a house in Bucharest, on display during an exhibition in the Bucharest City Hall, unknown designer, {{circa}}1900
▲Grave of the Vasile I. Prodanof Family in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (03).jpg|Neoclassical meander on a [[Doric order|Doric]] column capital of the Vasile I. Prodanof family tomb, [[Bellu Cemetery]], Bucharest, unknown architect, {{circa}}1930
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