plateresque

[ plat-uh-resk ]

/ ˌplæt əˈrɛsk /

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.

Nearby words

platelets, platemaker, platemark, platen, plater, plateresque, plateware, platform, platform bed, platform car, platform frame

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

Examples from the Web for plateresque

The great west faade is highly enriched with Plateresque ornament.
Cathedral Cities of Spain|William Wiehe Collins
The variety of the architectural styles in this great building range from the Moorish to the baroque and the plateresque.
Old Continental Towns|Walter M. Gallichan
The chapel where the latter lies is closed by a gilded iron reja of plateresque workmanship.
The Cathedrals of Northern Spain|Charles Rudy
The Plateresque style was rapidly developing towards the effulgence so in harmony with Spanish taste.
Cathedrals of Spain|John A. (John Allyne) Gade

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