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Definition of Grotesques
1. grotesque [n] - See also: grotesque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grotesques
Literary usage of Grotesques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vasari on Technique: Being the Introduction to the Three Arts of Design by Giorgio Vasari (1907)
"Of modelled stucco figure-designs and grotesques the Cortile of the Palazzo Spada,
near the Campo di Fiore at Rome, presents the most extensive display. ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the designs in slight relief being taken from the Augsburg or Briot style of
metal-work, —strap-work, wreaths, grotesques, or human figure». ..."
3. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1892)
"... grotesques in, III. iii. 67. „ wild lyric rhythm of, II. iv. 35. Affectation in
taste, I. ii. 15 seqq. Ages, the, of man (Ducal Palace capital), ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"^Q ^ preface just noticed is the Grotesques of 1844, a delightful book. After all
that has been written since on Villon, one comes back to it about him. ..."
5. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"Grotesques One of the most important elements in Lombard ornament is undoubtedly
the grotesque. Since a vast deal of nonsense has been written on this ..."
6. Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology by Richard Aldington (1916)
"... Grotesques" FOR STRING QUARTET This Quartet was played from the manuscript by the
... Grotesques ..."
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