单词 | mascaron |
释义 | mascaronn. Architecture. A representation, often grotesque, of a human or animal face, used as an architectural ornament. Cf. mask n.3 6a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [noun] > others popinjay1322 serpent1388 moss-work1600 flame1602 frostwork1631 damask branch1634 mascaron1664 lacework1675 swash1680 branch-work1702 escallop-shella1706 festoon work1712 ovum1728 bricking1760 rising sun1787 ram's horn1842 linen-pattern1845 linen-scroll1854 wheel-rood1862 primal1875 patch ornament1878 tree1879 wheel-cross1882 skeuomorph1889 linenfold1891 taotie1915 boteh1917 pelta1935 starburst1953 quilling1972 towel-pattern- 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. Pref. 3 They produce nothing save Mascarons, wretched Cartouches, and the like idle and impertinent Grotesks. 1757 W. Chambers Designs Chinese Buildings 7 The heads of all the columns are pierced by the beams of the roofs, the extremities of which are adorned with little mascarons and bells. 1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 207/1 Mascaron,..the face of a man or animal employed as an ornamentation for decorating the key~stones of arches or vaults, or the stones of an arch, &c. 1926 R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament (ed. 4) ii. 169 The Italians from about 1480 favoured elaborate borders..composed of classical columns,..mascarons, etc. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 411/1 Mascaron, representation of a human or partly human face, more or less caricatured, used as an architectural ornament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1664 |
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