Grotesque
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Grotesque is an adjective often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks. In art, performance, and literature, however, grotesque may also refer to something that simu
Grotesque studies, Michelangelo.
Roman frescos in Nero's Domus Aurea, Rome, unknown painter, c. 64–68 AD.
Ceiling of the Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, by Pinturicchio and his assistants, 1502–1503.
Pilgrim bottle, by the Fontana workshop from Urbino, Italy, c. 1560–1570, tin glazed earthenware (majolica), Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Vatican loggias
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The Vatican loggias are a corridor space in the Apostolic Palace, originally open to the elements on one side. Their construction was begun by Donato Bramante in 1512. They were decorated in fresco ar
Loge du 2ème étage du palais apostolique du Vatican
