plateresque

[plat-uh-resk]

adjective (sometimes initial capital letter)

noting or pertaining to a 16th-century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low-relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors.

Origin of plateresque

1835–45; < Spanish plateresco, equivalent to plater(o) silversmith (plat(a) silver; see platina + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary) + -esco -esque; so called because the heavy ornamentation of the style suggested decorated silverwork

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Examples from the Web for plateresque

Historical Examples of plateresque

Bartolom Lpez added the plateresque ornamentations about 1522.
The Story of Seville
Walter M. Gallichan
The two pulpits are covered with interesting iron bas-reliefs, and the High Altar encased in a mass of plateresque silver work.
Cathedral Cities of Spain
William Wiehe Collins
Late Gothic predominates amidst a deal of Plateresque and Barroque ornament.
Cathedral Cities of Spain
William Wiehe Collins
It would be difficult to find a faade of greater beauty than this marvel of plateresque work.
Cathedral Cities of Spain
William Wiehe Collins
It is the first sample of plateresque architecture then introduced into Spain by Covarrubias.
Toledo. The Story of an Old Spanish Capital
Hannah Lynch