- Relief. The projection of an image in which the stonework around the image is carved back, leaving the image protruding forward. Includes low (bas), high, and sunken.
- Frieze. A long horizontal stretch of painted or sculpted decoration at the upper edge of a wall, room, or object like a sarcophagus.
- Mural. A piece of graphic artwork painted directly on a wall or ceiling.
- Tapestries. Fabric decorations hung on walls, often used to conceal and dampen drafts.
- Fresco. A vivid painting applied directly to freshly laid plaster.
- Mosaic. A pattern or image created from inlaying small pieces of stone, glass, or ceramic.
- Caryatid or Telemon. Female or male carvings used as pillars or columns in architecture.
- Runic carvings. Writing of language or ideographs carved into rock slabs or tombstones.
- Encaustic painting. Using heated wax to apply pigments to a surface, often wood or canvas.
- Gilded Engravings. Applying a thin coating of gold over another surface, sometimes inlaid within a carving.
- Marouflage. Applying a painted canvas to a wall with an adhesive such as plaster or cement.
- Sgraffito. Scratching through the surface of one pigment to reveal the pigment underneath.