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Encyclopedia Britannica



GROTESQUE

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 621 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GRA-GUI
GROTESQUE , strictly a form of decorative art, in
painting
  or sculpture, consisting of fantastic shapes of human beings, animals and the like, joined together by wreaths of
flowers
 , garlands or arabesques. The word is also applied to any whimsical
design
  or decorative style, if characterized by unnatural distortion, and, generally, to anything ludicrous or extravagantly fanciful. " Grotesque " comes through the French from the Ital. groltesco, an
adjective
  formed from grotta, which has been corrupted in
English
  to " grotto." The commonly accepted explanation of the
special
  use of the
term
  " grotesque " is that this particular form of decorative art was most frequently found in the excavated ancient Roman and Greek dwellings found in Italy, to which was applied the name grotte. The derivation of grotta is through popular Lat. crupta or grupta (cf. "
crypt
  "), from Gr. Kpinrr?1, a vault, KpinrTELV, to hide. Such a
term
  would be applicable both to the buried dwellings of ancient Italy, and to a cavern, artificial or natural, the
ordinary
  sense of the word. An interesting parallel with this origin of the word is found in that of " antic," now meaning a freak, a jest, absurd
fancy
 , &c. This word is the same as " antique," and was, like " grotesque," first applied to the fanciful decorations of ancient art.


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