plateresque

[ plat-uh-resk ]

/ ˌplæt əˈrɛsk /

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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.

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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

Words nearby plateresque

plate mark, platen, plate proof, plater, plate rail, plateresque, plate shop, plate tectonics, plate tracery, plate up, plateware

Example sentences from the Web for plateresque

This organ, its loft, and the pulpit against it are all very elaborate examples of Plateresque Renaissance work.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
That to the right has a fine artesonado ceiling, and that to the left is decorated in a species of Moorish plateresque style.
Southern Spain|A.F. Calvert
The style of the lower stalls of Toledo cathedral is good Plateresque.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3)|Leonard Williams
The clasps are also Plateresque, and prove, together with the border, that the triptych was restored about this time.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3)|Leonard Williams

The sixteenth-century bordering to the panels is in the manner known as Plateresque.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume I (of 3)|Leonard Williams

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