Ornament and monstrosity in early modern art / edited by Chris Askholt Hammeken and Maria Fabricius Hansen.

Ornament and monstrosity in early modern art /

Early modern art features a remarkable fascination with ornament, both as decorative device and compositional strategy, across artistic media and genres. Interestingly, the inventive, elegant manifestations of ornament in the art of the period often include layers of disquieting paradoxes, creating...

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Other Authors: Hammeken, Chris Askholt (Editor), Hansen, Maria Fabricius (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Series:Visual and material culture, 1300-1700 ; 13.
Subjects:
Decoration and ornament > Europe > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Decoration and ornament > Mexico > Ixmiquilpan > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Art, European > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Art > Europe > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Mural painting and decoration, Mexican > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Mural painting and decoration > Mexico > Ixmiquilpan > 16th century > Themes, motives.
Monsters in art.
Grotesque in art.
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