Grotesques
In art, grotesques are a decorative form of arabesques with interlaced garlands and strange animal figures.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Cordouan Lighthouse | On the outside and inside of the lighthouse, there are decorations of mascarons, some of them "with grotesque faces", that are sometimes accompanied by plant motifs. (Nomination file, p. 53, 67) | |
| El Escurial | Gallery of Battles at the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. | |
| Florence | Grotticina at Boboli Gardens | |
| Fontainebleau | ||
| La Lonja de la Seda | "It is lit by soaring Gothic windows, the external frames of which, like the doors, are exuberantly ornamented, notably by a series of grotesque gargoyles." (AB ev) | |
| Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro | Hall of Realms: "a ceiling covered in grotesques" | |
| Rome | Domus Aurea | |
| Syracuse | The central portal of the Cathedral is surrounded by a semicircular tympanum with an arched shape which is surrounded by floral motifs represented by garlands and grotesque masks. (wiki) | |
| Vatican City | Raphael's Loggias | |
| Vicenza and the Palladian Villas | Villa Badoer in Fratta Polesine | |
| Vienna | Hall of Grotesque, Lower Belvedere | |
| Villa d'Este |
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