- at
least the 18th
century (in
French and German, as well as English),
grotesque has come to be used as a
general adjective for the strange, mysterious...
-
Grotesque was
originally a
style of
ornament in art, and
today also
means strange, fantastic, ugly, or bizarre.
Grotesque may also
refer to: Grotesque...
- In architecture, a
grotesque (/ɡroʊˈtɛsk/) is a
fantastic or
mythical figure carved from
stone and
fixed to the
walls or roof of a building. A chimera...
- sans-serif
designs are
usually divided into
these major groups: §
Grotesque, § Neo-
grotesque, § Geometric, § Humanist, and § Other or mixed. Sans-serif typefaces...
- The
grotesque body is a concept, or
literary trope, put
forward by
Russian literary critic Mikhail Bakhtin in his
study of François Rabelais' work. The...
- art
movement '
Grotesque' and thus
translates the
themes and
images of the
grotesque art into
theatrical practices. 'Theatre of the
Grotesque'
rejects naturalism...
- The
Grotesque (also
known as
Grave Indiscretion and
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets) is a 1995
British film by John-Paul Davidson,
adapted from the 1989 novel...
-
Grotesque is a
family of sans-serif
typefaces released by the
Monotype Corporation for its hot
metal typesetting system. It
belongs to the
grotesque or...
-
Grotesque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku) is a 2009 ****anese
exploitation horror film
written and
directed by Kōji Shiraishi. A
young couple, Aki Miya****a and Kazuo...
- The
Darth Vader grotesque is a
limestone grotesque by Jay Hall Carpenter. It is
located at the
Washington National Cathedral in Northwest, Washington,...
