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Grotesques

Scope note

Ornamental motifs including fanciful human and animal forms and floral ornament, based on the decoration of Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome, discovered in 1488.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300010211

Broader Terms used

motifs

Term used for

grotteschi

Equivalent Terms used

grotesque

Created

13yrs ago

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