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- A mascaron is an ornament in the form of a face used in architecture and the decorative arts whose alleged original function was to frighten evil spirits...
- Mascaron may refer to: Mascaron (architecture), a decorative element in the form of a sculpted face or head of a human being or an animal Jules Mascaron...
- style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as s****, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements. The Rococo style abandoned...
- Jules Mascaron (1634–1703) was a po****r French preacher. He was born in M****ille as the son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the Oratory...
- Paris. The mascarons remained in place until 1851–1854, when the bridge was completely rebuilt. At that time six of the original mascarons from the 16th...
- Often used as decorative architectural ornaments, where they are a form of mascaron or ornamental head, Green Men are frequently found in architectural sculpture...
- the water poured out spouts, or canons, which were often decorated with mascarons, or masks, in the form of the heads of humans, animals or monsters. Later...
- (Rome) Baroque corbels with mascarons in the Salon d'Hercule (Palace of Versailles, France) Rococo corbel with a mascaron, on the Hôtel Jeanne d'Albret...
- revolutionaries Boyer-Fonfrède, Gensonné, Guadet and Ducos. African face mascaron on the place de la Bourse Allegory of Bordeaux and her wealth, including...
- and from up to down: a festoon with a putto standing on it, an acanthus leaf, palmettes, a cartouche, a mascaron, and a trophy of musical instruments...