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  • 131plateresque — /plat euh resk /, adj. (sometimes cap.) noting or pertaining to a 16th century style of Spanish architecture characterized by profuse applications of delicate low relief Renaissance ornament to isolated parts of building exteriors. [1835 45; < Sp …

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  • 132Praxiteles — Praxitelean, adj. /prak sit l eez /, n. fl. c350 B.C., Greek sculptor. * * * flourished с 370–330 BC, Greece Greek sculptor. His only known surviving work, the marble Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus, displays delicate modeling and exquisite&#8230; …

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