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Grotesque face in architecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 'Theatre of the Grotesque' lends itself to the aesthetics of the Grotesque art movement, translating many of its images in both set and costuming. [8] One notable occurrence is the use of makeup or masks to emulate the surreal faces which litter the movement. [8]
Grotesque studies, Michelangelo Since at least the 18th century (in French and German, as well as English), grotesque has come to be used as a general adjective for the strange, mysterious, magnificent, fantastic, hideous, ugly, incongruous, unpleasant, or disgusting, and thus is often used to describe weird shapes and distorted forms such as Halloween masks.
Staple evil aliens in science fiction of the 1930s onward were often described — or pictured on covers of pulp magazines — as grotesque creatures with huge, oversized or compound eyes and a lust for blood, women, or general destruction. [2] The Vogons satirised this stock character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Guillermo Cienfuegos directs George Bernard Shaw's cunning sociopolitical drama "Misalliance" at Pasadena's A Noise Within. Review: A brilliant chat fest at A Noise Within, courtesy of George ...
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There has been some debate, however, over the meaning of Poe's terms "Grotesque" and "Arabesque". Poe probably had seen the terms used by Sir Walter Scott in his essay "On the Supernatural in Fictitious Composition". [6] Both terms refer to a type of Islamic art used to decorate walls, especially in mosques. These art styles are known for their ...