Justly admired, the style was revived and used to great effect from the Renaissance (Raphael's grotesques were as highly prized as his more serious works) through the 18th century:
Imagine my delight in discovering the work of Ellie Curtis, whose prints drive me mad with desire:
And this last one is less a grotesque, but it still has the spirit:
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Your knowledge of things I've never heard of astounds me: These are AMAZING!
Can I have the third one? Is that DH I see on them?!
I know, aren't they incredible? I've always loved the style -- I think I first encountered these via the library of Kenwood, by Robert Adam, when I was 6. My parents visited London and came home with a book on the house that I read over and over until the binding disintegrated. The library is the stuff of boyhood dreams.
And yes, I think it is a DH! You must have them -- but the artist is in Argentina right now, and taking no orders until the Spring : (. I want to order some of her textiles for the nonexistent windows of my nonexistent house.
Wow, these are all unbelievable -- gorgeous!
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