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...
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Sans-serif (redirect from Grotesque sans-serif)
sans-serif designs are usually divided into these major groups: § Grotesque and § Neo-grotesque, § Geometric, § Humanist and § Other or mixed. Sans-serif typefaces...
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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...
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Grotesque was originally a style of ornament in art, and today also means strange, fantastic, ugly, or bizarre. Grotesque may also refer to: Grotesque...
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Brandon Grotesque is a sans-serif typeface designed by Hannes von Döhren of HVD Fonts during 2009 and 2010. Spacing and kerning was done by Igino Marini...
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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...
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Grotesque (グロテスク, Gurotesuku) is a 2009 Japanese exploitation horror film written and directed by Kōji Shiraishi. A young couple, Aki Miyasita and Kazuo...
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The Golden Age of Grotesque is the fifth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on May 7, 2003, by Nothing and Interscope...
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art movement 'Grotesque' and thus translates the themes and images of the grotesque art into theatrical practices. 'Theatre of the Grotesque' rejects naturalism...
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Vox-ATypI classification (redirect from Grotesque (typeface classification))
by breaking the group into 4 subcategories: Grotesque, Neo-Grotesque, Geometric, and Humanist. Grotesque typefaces are sans serif typefaces that originate...
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Grotesque is a 2003 crime novel by Japanese writer Natsuo Kirino, most famous for her novel Out. It was published in English in 2007, translated by Rebecca...
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decadence. As a term, it is used to denote something that is both erotic and grotesque. The term itself is an example of wasei-eigo, a Japanese combination of...
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Grotesque (After the Gramme) is the third studio album by English band the Fall. Released on 17 November 1980, it was the band's first studio album on...
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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...
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Grotesque was a Swedish death metal/black metal band. The band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 1988 by former members of Conquest: Kristian...
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GUBU (redirect from Grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecidented)
The acronym GUBU, standing for grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented, refers to a strange series of incidents in Ireland in the summer of...
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The Darth Vader grotesque is a limestone grotesque by Jay Hall Carpenter. It is located at the Washington National Cathedral in Northwest, Washington,...
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840. It was published...
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The Ugly Duchess (redirect from A Grotesque old woman)
The Ugly Duchess (also known as A Grotesque Old Woman) is a satirical portrait painted by the Flemish artist Quentin Matsys around 1513. The painting...
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Grotesque dance (French: danse grotesque; Italian: ballo grottesco or danza grottesca) is a category of theatrical dance that became more clearly differentiated...
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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...
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typesetting and printing. Akkurat APHont Bauhaus Berlin Sans Brandon Grotesque FF Clan Computer Modern Sans Encode Sans Espy Sans Euphemia (typeface)...
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"Grotesque" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the science fiction television series The X-Files and the show's 63rd episode overall. It...
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URW Grotesk (redirect from URW Grotesque)
sans-serifs of the 1920s and 1930s, such as Futura and Erbar, as well as "grotesque" and "humanist" sans-serifs. Elements related to the geometric model include...
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Dying Fetus (redirect from Grotesque Impalement)
"Underground Terrorism" tour. The tour was followed shortly thereafter by the Grotesque Impalement EP, which the band again released on their own Blunt Force...
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The Stephenson Blake Grotesque fonts are a series of sans-serif typefaces created by the type foundry Stephenson Blake of Sheffield, England, mostly around...
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Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? (redirect from The Past Is a Grotesque Animal)
demented past time". The transformation takes place during "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal", the 12-minute-long "turning point" of the album. In addition...
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Patineur Grotesque was a film of a comic roller-skater. Marius Sestier filmed the comic act in Prince Alfred Park in the South Sydney-Redfern area in...
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Grotesque is a 1988 American horror film by Joe Tornatore, and starring Linda Blair, Tab Hunter, and Donna Wilkes. Blair also served as associate producer...
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List of Batman family enemies (redirect from Grotesque (comics))
and Jill Hampton's boyfriend. Grotesque Gail Simone Ardian Syaf Alitha Martinez Batgirl (vol. 4) #7 (May 2012) Grotesque is a masked man identified as...
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