- and
delicate stucco were a revelation. The
first appearance of the word
grottesche appears in a
contract of 1502 for the
Piccolomini Library attached to...
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arabesque which he
formed for
himself from
these studies gained the name of "
grottesche",
whence comes the term grotesque; not, indeed, that
Morto was the first...
- onto
which were
painted little heavy coloured figures that were
named "
grottesche (pl.),
grottesca (s.)"
because in the darkness,
these images seemed like...
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rendered as a re****bent lioness. Such
sphinxes were
revived when the
grottesche or "grotesque"
decorations of the
unearthed Domus Aurea of Nero were brought...
-
Prospero Orsi, also
referred to as
Prosperino delle Grottesche (1560s–1630s) was an
Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early-Baroque period, active...
- Aurea, they
carved or
painted their names and
returned to
initiate the
grottesche style of decoration.
Ancient graffiti Graffiti from the
Museum of Ancient...
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Annunciation attributed to
Paolo Uccello,[citation needed] and some '
Grottesche'
frescoes by
Morto da Feltre.[citation needed]
Accademia delle Arti del...
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gallery then open to a
courtyard on one side,
decorated with Roman-style
grottesche. He
produced a
number of
significant altarpieces,
including The Ecstasy...
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engravings after Mannerist painters, then in a
style of
light arabesques and
grottesche after the
manner of Raphael's
stanze at the Vatican.
Other centers of...
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Marquess Thomas III of Saluzzo, Le
Chevalier Errant). The Sala
delle Grottesche was
decorated in the
Mannerist style of the 16th century, and was commissioned...
