In architecture and the decorative arts, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric, whose alleged function was originally...

Mascaron may refer to: Mascaron (architecture), a decorative element in the form of a sculpted face or head of a human being or an animal Jules Mascaron...

Jules Mascaron (1634–1703) was a popular French preacher. He was born in Marseille as the son of a barrister at Aix-en-Provence. He entered the Oratory...

style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements. The Rococo style abandoned...

(Rome) Baroque corbels with mascarons in the Salon d'Hercule (Palace of Versailles, France) Rococo corbel with a mascaron, on the Hôtel Jeanne d'Albret...

and from up to down: a festoon with a putto standing on it, an acanthus leaf, palmettes, a cartouche, a mascaron, and a trophy of musical instruments...

unknown architect, sculptor and painter, c.1650 Baroque festoon with a mascaron in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France...

Often used as decorative architectural ornaments, where they are a form of mascaron or ornamental head, Green Men are frequently found in architectural sculpture...

mask from Casa de Arizón near Cádiz, Spain (17th–18th century) Grotesque mascaron in courtyard of the Broletto (the old Province Hall), Brescia, Italy (17th...

revolutionaries Boyer-Fonfrède, Gensonné, Guadet and Ducos. African face mascaron on the place de la Bourse Allegory of Bordeaux and her wealth, including...