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Definition of Churrigueresque
1. Adjective. Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation. "The building...frantically baroque"
Definition of Churrigueresque
1. Adjective. Relating to a Spanish baroque architectural style that started in the late 17th century to the early 18th century; characterized by flamboyant ornamentation ¹
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Definition of Churrigueresque
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Churrigueresque
Literary usage of Churrigueresque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spain by Wentworth Webster (1882)
"But to this semi-classical style succeeded, in the eighteenth century, the
churrigueresque, the most debased of all styles, wherein plaster took the place ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The term churrigueresque is applied to the extravagant style which he affected.
... churrigueresque ARCHITECTURE. In Spain, the more elaborate work of the ..."
3. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"In this architecture two styles maintained a sort of joint dominance — the BAROQUE
and its peculiarly Spanish outcome, the churrigueresque,' in the second ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1849)
"Cadiz is wholly churrigueresque, but grandiose, and only finished very lately by
the munificence of its present Bishop. " In Seville are several churches ..."
5. Transactions by Ecclesiological Society (1885)
"At Oporto Cathedral, the whole east end is one exceedingly rich mass of
churrigueresque work of the seventeenth century, and in one of the chapels is a ..."
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