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Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
The grotesque describes a category of images that fits uneasily within the field of Western aesthetics and art history. The
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
French term derived from the Italian grottesco, describing a type of European ornament composed of small, loosely connected motifs,
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The Oxford Companion to German Literature (3 ed.)
a term that derives from the Italian grotta (grotto) and was adopted by art historians to define ancient ornamental art
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
The monsters, hybrid men and animals, and other curiosities, often parodying everyday scenes, that occupy the marginal areas of medieval
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
The rooms of ancient Roman buildings revealed by excavation seem to have been known as grotte; the murals on the walls of rooms in ancient houses such as ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.)
A term originally used in the visual arts to describe a type of fanciful wall decoration (painted, carved, or moulded in ...
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The Oxford Companion to Western Art
(French, from the Italian grotta). The word originated as a descriptive term for the fanciful mural decorations with
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.)
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