In architecture and the decorative arts, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, whose alleged function was originally...
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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...
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Jules Mascaron (1634–1703) was a popular French preacher. He was born in Marseille as the son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the Oratory...
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style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements. The Rococo style abandoned...
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(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...
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Often used as decorative architectural ornaments, where they are a form of mascaron or ornamental head, Green Men are frequently found in architectural sculpture...
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Irises and mascaron at the façade of Schichtel building in Strasbourg, France, by Aloys Walter (1905–06) Jugendstil straight-lined mascaron in Riga (1906)...
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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...
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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...
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revolutionaries Boyer-Fonfrède, Gensonné, Guadet and Ducos. African face mascaron on the place de la Bourse Allegory of Bordeaux and her wealth, including...
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tortoiseshell, and gilt-bronze mounts, Metropolitan Museum of Art Baroque mascaron with acanthuses in the Salon d'Hercule, 1724–1736, designed by Robert de...
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mask from Casa de Arizón near Cádiz, Spain (17th–18th century) Grotesque mascaron in courtyard of the Broletto (the old Province Hall), Brescia, Italy (17th...
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ribbon, acanthus leaves, gadrooning, interlace, meanders, cornucopias, mascarons, Ancient urns, tripods, perfume burners, dolphins, ram and lion heads...
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Paris Exposition, Paris, by Émile Dubuisson, c.1900 Japanese inspiration: Mascaron of the Praha hlavní nádraží, Prague, the Czech Republic, designed by Josef...
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Archbishop of Lyon 1290–1295 Followed by Louis de Villars Preceded by Hugues Mascaron Bishop of Toulouse 1296-1297 Followed by Arnaud-Roger de Comminges...
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images. A particularly popular motif is the lion, which can be found as mascarons originally fitted on the insides of the gunport doors, grasping the royal...
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General. Early members included Nicolas Malebranche, Louis Thomassin, Jules Mascaron and Jean Baptiste Massillon. Suppressed at the French Revolution, it was...
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unknown architect, sculptor and painter, c.1650 Baroque festoon with a mascaron in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France...
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another reason for the rarity of complex ornaments like cartouches or mascarons in Art Deco. Renaissance cartouche in a laurel crown with ribbons, above...
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archaeological. Female head elaborate in stucco. Mascaron in stucco adorning the temples Mascaron in stucco. Mascaron in stucco adorning the temples. Mayan head...
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(Romania) A cartouche on a Neo-Baroque city-house from Bucharest Art Nouveau mascaron above a door in Paris A festoon, a widely used ornament in Ancient Greek...
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ribs of cross vault. Ribs are led in bundles and ended on brackets with mascaron or floristic motif. Ribs are connected in the middle of the vault with...
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Kontradans Kwaze le 8 Trese Riban Rara Banda Dahomey Djouba Ibo Kongo Mascaron Mayi Parigol Petwo Yanvlou Csárdás (Czardas) Karikázó Körtánc Lánytánc...
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during an earthquake in 1688. West facade Monument to Vincenzo Cappello Mascaron adorning the front door of the campanile. The artworks in the interior...
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National Archaeological Museum, Athens Sumerian volutes at the end of a bull mascaron of the queen's lyre, one of the Lyres of Ur, 2600 BC, wood, lapis lazuli...
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Bocca della Verità (category Mascarons)
The Mouth of Truth (Italian: Bocca della Verità [ˈbokka della veriˈta]) is an ancient Roman marble mask in Rome, Italy, which stands against the left wall...
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Archaeological Museum, Athens Etruscan palmettes on an antefix with a mascaron of Silenus, 4th century BC, ceramic, Neues Museum, Berlin Ancient Greek...
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Notre-Dame de Paris, by the Gobelins Manufactory, 1825-1833 Two Beaux-Arts mascarons of Avenue Henri-Martin no. 87, Paris, designed by Albert Walwein, 1892...
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Carranca Chimera (mythology) Chiwen Darth Vader grotesque Gargoyle Grotesque Mascaron (architecture) Nightmares in the Sky Onigawara Shachihoko Sheela na gig...
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