plateresque

American  

[plat-uh-resk] / ˌplæt əˈrɛsk /

adjective

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. 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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Etymology

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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plateresque

Thus at a stroke, Philip ended the tradition of exuberantly ornamented Spanish architecture known as the plateresque, a hodgepodge of Gothic, Moorish and early Renaissance motifs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The northern facades of all the palaces along the Marina are beautifully embellished above the vestibules with an intricate plateresque decoration, modeled after portals in Old Spain.

From The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition by Stella George Stern Perry

To the son he imparted his knowledge and the son applied it to architecture, creating the plateresque style.

From The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth by John D. (John Daniel) Barry

It has three small naves, marble columns, and plateresque ornamentation.

From The Story of Seville by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

The Town-hall or Ayuntamiento of Seville is an extremely ornate structure, in what is called the plateresque or Spanish Renaissance style.

From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert