
Grotesques
Sixteenth-Century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy
Maria Fabricius Hansen(Author)
Aarhus University Press
Published on 9. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-87-7597-556-3 (ISBN)
Description
When the term, Grotesques, first arose around the year 1500 in Italy, it referred specifically to ornamental frescoes featuring exceptionally inventive, noteworthy, humorous, or monstrous motifs. These paintings became a preferred decoration in the period's exquisite villas, palaces, and churches of Rome, Florence and Northern Italy.
Lavishly illustrated, this book is an art historical introduction and guide to grotesques and decorative frescoes of the sixteenth-century, and offers a new perspective on the visual culture of an era in which art was rooted in ancient and medieval worldviews yet also on a trajectory toward Modernity.
Distributed for Aarhus University Press
Lavishly illustrated, this book is an art historical introduction and guide to grotesques and decorative frescoes of the sixteenth-century, and offers a new perspective on the visual culture of an era in which art was rooted in ancient and medieval worldviews yet also on a trajectory toward Modernity.
Distributed for Aarhus University Press
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Language
English
Place of publication
Denmark
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
321
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-87-7597-556-3 (9788775975563)
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Maria Fabricius Hansen is professor in art history at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Her primary field of research is Italian art and architecture from late antiquity until c.1600.