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Definition of Churrigueresco
1. Adjective. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation. "The building...frantically baroque"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churrigueresco
Literary usage of Churrigueresco
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888)
"In several buildings may be noted the fantastic churrigueresco style so common
in Spain.53 In several churches of this order the facades are entirely ..."
2. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1888)
"In several buildings may be noted the fantastic churrigueresco style so common
in Spain/'3 In several churches of this order the facades arc entirely ..."
3. History of Mexico / Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888)
"In several buildings may be noted the fantastic churrigueresco style so common
in Spain.53 In several churches of this order the facades are entirely ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... the Spanish style of architecture churrigueresco (Baroque) takes its name.
Notwithstanding this, the influence of Herrera can be traced in the exterior. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Written also churrigueresco. (See Spain.) CHUTE. An inclined or vertical trough
or shaft, for conveying materials of ..."
6. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred (Stapley) Byne (1915)
"The last phase of Spanish architecture, and a lamentable one, is the churrigueresco
of the late seventeenth century, named after the architect Churriguera ..."
7. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1897)
"... into rococo and churrigueresco, and so justly may be held to merit Mr.
Ruskin's anathema of "effeminate." Even so, there will be exceptions, ..."
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