Thesaurus Term/Concept: GROTESQUE

Identifier	137828
Class	COMPONENTS
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A classical ornamentation featuring foliage, fruits and, unlike Arabesque, human and animal figures, sometimes fantastic or mythological in nature. The term may have originated from the fact that many examples of such ornamentation were found in grottoes.

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Context	Record
Component Sub-classifications	MSO7735 St Beuno's Church, Culbone (Building)