CHURRIGUERESQUE

Meaning of CHURRIGUERESQUE in English

[ ˌtʃʊərɪgə'rɛsk ]

■ adjective Architecture relating to the lavishly ornamented late Spanish baroque style.

Origin

C19: from the name of the 17th-cent. Spanish architect José Benito de Churriguera .

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CHURRIGUERESQUE — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Spanish churrigueresco, from José Churriguera died 1725 Spanish architect Date: 1845 of or relating to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHURRIGUERESQUE — Spanish Rococo architectural style named after the architect José Churriguera (1665–1725). Visually frenetic, it featured a plethora of extravagant ornament …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — |chu̇rēgə|resk adjective Etymology: Spanish churrigueresco, from José Churriguera died 1723 Spanish architect + Spanish -esco -esque 1. : relating or …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — /choor'ee geuh resk"/ , adj. noting or pertaining to the baroque architecture of Spain and its colonies in the late …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — adj. of or pertaining to the baroque architecture; characterized by elaborate ornamentation
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Spanish churrigueresco, from José Churriguera died 1725 Spanish architect Date: 1845 : of or relating …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — [chur.ri.gue.resque] adj, often cap [Sp churrigueresco, fr. Jose Churriguera d. 1725 Span. architect] (1845): of or relating to a Spanish …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — Spanish Churrigueresco, Spanish Rococo style in architecture, historically a late Baroque return to the aesthetics of the earlier Plateresque (q.v.) …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — adj. Spanish Rococo architectural style named after the architect José Churriguera (16651725). Visually frenetic, it featured a plethora of extravagant …
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CHURRIGUERESQUE — adj. Pronunciation: ˌ chu ̇ r-i-g ə - ' resk Function: adjective Usage: often cap Etymology: Spanish churrigueresco, from José …
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BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE — Architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the …
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SALOMNICA — ( (Spanish: Solomon-like), ) also called Barley-sugar Column, in architecture, a twisted column (q.v.), so called because in the Old …
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PEDIMENT — in architecture, triangular gable crowning a portice (area, with a roof supported by columns, leading to the entrance of a …
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RODRGUEZ, LORENZO — born c. 1704, , Guadix, Spain died 1774, Mexico City, New Spain [now in Mexico] Spanish-born architect who became the …
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CHURRIGUERA FAMILY — a Spanish architectural family prominent during the last years of the 17th century and the first quarter of the 18th. …
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CARMONA — town, Seville province, in the autonomous community (region) of Andalusia, southern Spain; it overlooks the Andalusian Plain from its site …
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BAROQUE PERIOD — era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations, which occurred in …
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LATIN AMERICAN ARTS — Visual, performing, and literary arts that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean after contact with the …
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BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE — Architectural style originating in late 16th-century Italy and lasting in some regions, notably Germany and colonial South America, until the …
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ARCHITECTURE — n. 25B6; noun modern architecture : BUILDING DESIGN, building style, planning, building, construction; formal architectonics. See lists. the architecture of …
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