Grotesques

Sixteenth-Century Frescoes in Rome, Florence, and Northern Italy

Maria Fabricius Hansen

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Aarhus University Press
09 September 2025

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Renaissance art; Painting & paintings; Carvings: artworks

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.

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By: Maria Fabricius Hansen
Imprint: Aarhus University Press
Country of Publication: Denmark
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 165mm,
ISBN: 9788775975563
ISBN 10: 8775975564
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 09 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.