Minneapolis Institute of Art
Grotesque Ornament
Johann Hogenberg
- Date
- late 16th century
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The grotesque fascinates, wrote one art historian, because it depicts a realm in which the boundaries separating humans, animals, and plants are subverted. This Bacchanalian print depicts such a world, where a satyr spews drink, torsos sprout from grapes, goats serve as drapery holdbacks, and bald-headed felines cast a sinister gaze outward. Germany, Europe
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