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Noun Concept
Categories: Mascarons
EN
mascaron
EN
In architecture and the decorative arts, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building. Wikipedia
English:
architecture
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In architecture and the decorative arts, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building. Wikipedia
A decorative element in the form of a sculpted face or head of a human being or an animal Wikipedia Disambiguation
Ornament depicting a face Wikidata
A carved, ornamental face. Wiktionary
Carved, ornamental face. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
architectural element
sculpture
PART OF
fontaine de la Pyramide
HAS KIND
espagnolette
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
EN
mascaron (architecture)
Wikidata
EN
mascaron
Wiktionary
EN
mascaron

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