plateresque
Definitions
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- adjective Pertaining to an ornate style of architecture of 16th century Spain suggestive of silver plate.
Examples
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This magnificent decoration, suggestive of the finest work in rare metals, is, in fact, called "plateresque," from its resemblance to the work of silversmiths.
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It was built using a rich mixture of architectural styles including late gothic, renaissance and plateresque with Indian motifs.
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When this is grayed with age it is indeed of the effect of old silver work; but the plateresque in Valladolid does not suggest fragility or triviality; its grace is perhaps rather feminine than masculine; but at the worst it is only the ultimation of the decorative genius of the Gothic.
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Perhaps the facade of the college and that of the neighboring Church of San Pablo may be elsewhere surpassed in the sort of sumptuous delicacy of that Gothic which gets its name of plateresque from the silversmithing spirit of its designs; but I doubt it.
Note
The word 'plateresque' comes from the Spanish 'plateresco' ("in the manner of a silversmith"), ultimately from 'plata', "silver".
