Medaillon (architecture)

As a medallion round or oval succinct jewelry box with paintings or reliefs referred to in the architecture and the applied arts, which is used for the decoration of facades, interiors, monuments, tombs, furniture, carpets, glasses or equipment.

The materials used for sculptural medallions are different; be found, for example, those made ​​of stone, bronze, alabaster, terracotta and marble. In the Renaissance portrait busts and reliefs or busts were used by ancient models for the design often.