auricular style
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An ornamental style of the first half of the 17th century, characterized by stylized and softly flowing abstract shapes in relief.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Later, following the general tendency towards a more 'painterly' taste, came the soft Ohrmuschel or auricular style of about 1620 and after, characterized by forms like parts of conch shells or the gristle of an ear."
- "The choice and treatment of the motifs which form the inner ornamental border - rams' heads and drapery - suggest a Northern goldsmith familiar with the early auricular style."
- "The auricular style was created by two members of the Utrecht goldsmithing family of van Vianen."
- "The auricular style appears to have come to Northern Europe via the engravings of Hendrick Goltzius, who may have seen it in Tuscany during his visit to Italy in 1591."
- "The subtlety and refinement of the auricular style as practised by the Van Vianens plainly appealed very considerably to Charles [I, King of England], not least because they were so different from the humdrum or conservative Late Mannerist style of English goldsmith's work. For if Christian [van Vianen] was not an innovator, yet he was at his best a most excellent workman in the auricular style."
- "JHM B 96 Basin [...] In the centre section of the oval plate there is an embossed relief showing the judgement of Paris. The broad rim is formed in auricular style with shells and has a scalloped edge."