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1. Grotesque
   Grotesque is a name given in old architecture to the light and fanciful ornaments used by the ancients in the decoration of the walls and some of the subordinate parts of their buildings. They are so called from their having been long buried.
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2. grotesque
   A marginal figure or animal, or hybrid combination of human and animal or plant, frequent especially in Gothic manuscript illumination and especially in marginal illumination.
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3. grotesque
   [adj] - distorted and unnatural in shape or size 2. [n] - art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
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4. grotesque
   In art, a style in which a profusion of human figures, imaginary monsters, animals, flowers, and fruit are mingled in a fanciful and eccentric way. It is found particularly in...
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5. Grotesque
   See hybrid.
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6. grotesque
   Extravagant decorative motif in which figures of humans, mythological beasts, birds, animals and sphinxes are used at the whim of the artist. The design elements are loosely linked by motifs such as intertwining scrolls, strapwork or foliage. Grotesque decoration was used in virtually every medium of the decorative arts -carved, inlaid or painted o …
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7. Grotesque
   Gro·tesque' (gro*tĕsk') adjective [ French, from Italian grottesco , from grotta grotto. See Grotto .] Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular fo...
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8. Grotesque
   Gro·tesque noun 1. A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. Dryden. 2. Artificial grotto-work.
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9. grotesque
   monstrous adjective distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; `tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas`; `twisted into monstrous shapes`
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10. grotesque
    noun art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants
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11. Grotesque
    • (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes. • (n.) Artificial grotto-work.
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12. grotesque
    (from the article `comedy`) ...are judged. To the extent that the professions prove hollow and the practices vicious, the ironic perception darkens and deepens. The element of ... ...theatre and anti-illusionism. In his production of Blok`s Fairground Booth (1906) and his subsequent writings on this work, Meyerhold explored the ... [...
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13. grotesque
    in architecture and decorative art, fanciful mural or sculptural decoration involving mixed animal, human, and plant forms. The word is derived from ... [3 related articles]
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14. grotesque
    grotesque 1. Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as with appearance or manner. 2. Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance. 3. Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style. 4. A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation ...
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15. Grotesque
    Fantastic human or animal forms used as decoration, engraved, chased or modelled. Often associated with intertwining scrollwork, flowers and foliage to produce bizarre or extravagant motifs.
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16. Grotesque
    Derived from the term grotto which was used in the 16th century to describe the ruins of the Domus Aurea (Nero's palace in Rome). It describes painted or stucco decoration in a style frequent in ancient Rome which represented imaginary and fantastic motifs (plants interwoven with mythical or semi-human and animal figures).
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17. Grotesque
    (It. grottesca, from grotta, grotto) The idealized ugly. In aesthetics, the beauty of fantastic exaggeration, traditionally achieved by combining foliate and animal or human figures, as for example those found in the classic Roman and Pompeiian palaces and reproduced by Raphael in the Vatican. -- J.K.F.
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18. Grotesque
    In art, grotesque is a capricious variety of arabesque ornamentation, which, as a whole, has no type in nature, the parts of animals, plants, and other incongruous elements being combined together. Grotesque was used by the Romans in decorative painting and revived by the artists of the Renaissance.
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19. grotesque
    (art) In art, a style in which a profusion of human figures, imaginary monsters, animals, flowers, and fruit are mingled in a fanciful and eccentric way. It is found particularly in mural and sculptural decoration. Such decorations were found during excavations of Roman houses at the beginning...
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20. grotesque
    (literature) In literature, a character or location that is irregular, extravagant or fantastic in form. When used as a device, the purpose is often in the style of expressionism, making the grotesque a parody of human qualities or a distorted reflection of a familiar place. In literature, whe...
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21. grotesque
    Extravagant decorative motif in which figures of humans, mythological beasts, birds, animals and sphinxes are used at the whim of the artist.
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22. Grotesque
    The word `grotesque` comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century. The "caves" wer...
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23. Grotesque
    (After the Gramme) `Grotesque (After the Gramme)` is a 1980 album by The Fall. The music is a departure from that of the previous albums, 1979`s Live at the Witch Trials and Dragnet. Marc Riley played organ on several tracks on the album. This was Paul Hanley`s first albu...
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24. Grotesque
    (chess) In chess, a `grotesque` is a problem or endgame study which features a particularly unlikely initial position, especially one in which White fights with a very small force against a much larger black army. Grotesques are generally intended to be humorous. A particularly extreme exampl...
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25. Grotesque
    (band) `Grotesque` was a Swedish death metal band formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in September 1988 from the remains of Conquest by WÃ¥hlin (Necrolord) and Nordgren (Virgintaker) with the addition of Lindberg (Goatspell). The band was however short-lived and recorded a few demos and an EP. Aft...
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