Grotesques

Connected Sites: 14

In art, grotesques are a decorative form of arabesques with interlaced garlands and strange animal figures.

Connected Sites

  • Fontainebleau
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.65
    330
    9
  • Villa d'Este
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.26
    301
    9
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.57
    935
    13
    Domus Aurea
  • Vatican City
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.30
    833
    9
    Raphael's Loggias
  • Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.26
    297
    11
    Villa Badoer In Fratta Polesine
  • La Lonja de la Seda
    Inscribed: 1996
    2.70
    247
    7
    "It Is Lit By Soaring Gothic Windows, The External Frames Of Which, Like The Doors, Are Exuberantly Ornamented, Notably By A Series Of Grotesque Gargoyles." (Ab Ev)
  • Cordouan Lighthouse
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.00
    42
    5
    On The Outside And Inside Of The Lighthouse, There Are Decorations Of Mascarons, Some Of Them "With Grotesque Faces", That Are Sometimes Accompanied By Plant Motifs. (Nomination File, P. 53, 67)
  • El Escurial
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.36
    330
    13
    Gallery Of Battles At The Royal Monastery Of San Lorenzo De El Escorial.
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Vienna
    Vienna
    Austria
    Inscribed: 2001
    4.03
    818
    20
    Hall Of Grotesque, Lower Belvedere
  • Syracuse
    Inscribed: 2005
    3.50
    311
    8
    The Central Portal Of The Cathedral Is Surrounded By A Semicircular Tympanum With An Arched Shape Which Is Surrounded By Floral Motifs Represented By Garlands And Grotesque Masks. (Wiki)
    See It.Wikipedia.Org
  • Poblet Monastery
    Inscribed: 1991
    3.04
    182
    8
    The Altarpiece In Alabaster By Damián Forment Is A Roman-Style Altarpiece With A Renaissance Architectural Design And Grotesques
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  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.90
    370
    6
    Hall Of Realms: "A Ceiling Covered In Grotesques"
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    806
    15
    Grotticina At Boboli Gardens
  • Assisi
    Assisi
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.75
    329
    8
    The Vault Located Under The Palazzo Dei Priori Is Decorated With Grotesques, Painted In 1556 By A "Raphael Pictor" On The Order Of The Governor Marcello Tuto. (Nomination File, P. 31)