. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. Plate 63. The Grottesque Mask. NATURAL FORMS. 99. The Grottesque Mask. Plate 64. 7* KKD The Grottesque Mask. — The Medusa Head. — The Grottesque. 6. Modern French, Theatre de Bellecour, Lyons, Architect Chatron,(Raguenet). 7. Modern French, Ministry of War, Paris, Architect Bouchot,(Raguenet). Plate 64. The Grottesque Mask. 1. Grottesque, by Michelangelo, Italian Renascence, (Raguenet). 2. Grottesque, castle of Ecouen, French, 1538, (Raguenet). 3. Germ
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. Plate 63. The Grottesque Mask. NATURAL FORMS. 99. The Grottesque Mask. Plate 64. 7* KKD The Grottesque Mask. — The Medusa Head. — The Grottesque. 6. Modern French, Theatre de Bellecour, Lyons, Architect Chatron,(Raguenet). 7. Modern French, Ministry of War, Paris, Architect Bouchot,(Raguenet). Plate 64. The Grottesque Mask. 1. Grottesque, by Michelangelo, Italian Renascence, (Raguenet). 2. Grottesque, castle of Ecouen, French, 1538, (Raguenet). 3. German, 16th century, (Lessing). 4. Grottesque, German Renascence, Gemanisches Museum, Nuremberg. 5. Grottesque, pedestal of a column, tomb in Pforzheim, GermanRenascence, by Hans von Trarbach. 6. From the spout of a can, German Renascence. 7. Grottesque, escutcheon of a lock, German Renascence. 8. Grottesque, modern panel, Sculptor Hauptmann. The Medusa Head. (Plate 65.) Unique among the masks is the head of Medusa. Medusa, inmythological tradition one of the three Gorgons, whose Head Perseuscut-off, to present it to Athene as an ornament for her shield. It isemployed in ancient art as
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