In architecture and the decorative arts, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, whose alleged function was originally...

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...

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...

style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements. The Rococo style abandoned...

(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...

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...

Irises and mascaron at the façade of Schichtel building in Strasbourg, France, by Aloys Walter (1905–06) Jugendstil straight-lined mascaron in Riga (1906)...

revolutionaries Boyer-Fonfrède, Gensonné, Guadet and Ducos. African face mascaron on the place de la Bourse Allegory of Bordeaux and her wealth, including...

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...

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...

tortoiseshell, and gilt-bronze mounts, Metropolitan Museum of Art Baroque mascaron with acanthuses in the Salon d'Hercule, 1724–1736, designed by Robert de...

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...

ribbon, acanthus leaves, gadrooning, interlace, meanders, cornucopias, mascarons, Ancient urns, tripods, perfume burners, dolphins, ram and lion heads...

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...

Paris Exposition, Paris, by Émile Dubuisson, c.1900 Japanese inspiration: Mascaron of the Praha hlavní nádraží, Prague, the Czech Republic, designed by Josef...

Often used as decorative architectural ornaments, where they are a form of mascaron or ornamental head, Green Men are frequently found in architectural sculpture...

Revett in 1794 Roman pediment of the Arch of Augustus, Rimini, 27 BC Roman mascaron with rinceaux in a segmental pediment of the Library of Celsus, Ephesus...

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...

large lobes, each decorated with six mascaron spitters, and two smaller lobes, each decorated with four mascaron spitters. Nodaways, there are only four...

Kontradans Kwaze le 8 Trese Riban Rara Banda Dahomey Djouba Ibo Kongo Mascaron Mayi Parigol Petwo Yanvlou Csárdás (Czardas) Karikázó Körtánc Lánytánc...

unknown architect, sculptor and painter, c.1650 Baroque festoon with a mascaron in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France...

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...

another reason for the rarity of complex ornaments like cartouches or mascarons in Art Deco. Renaissance cartouche on a cassone, 16th century, most probably...

General. Early members included Nicolas Malebranche, Louis Thomassin, Jules Mascaron and Jean Baptiste Massillon. Suppressed at the French Revolution, it was...

(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...

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...

of the Tomb III, Agios Athanasios, Greece, 325-300 BC Etruscan with a mascaron of Silenus, 4th century BC, ceramic, Neues Museum, Berlin Romanesque acroterion...

Phoenician ships called hippos (name given by the Greeks, because of its mascaron shaped like a horse's head) carrying wood, depicted in an Assyrian relief...

the earthquake of 1667. Water jets gush out of the mouth of the sixteen mascarons. The Little Onofrio's Fountain stands at the eastern side of the Placa...

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