Putto
A small naked boy (Plural Putti). Used very often on large tombs. For an example see the Saunderson monument at Glentworth.
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putto
A very young nude boy, sometimes with wings, often seen cavorting in renaissance style works. Plural, putti.
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putto: (pl. -i) small boy or cherub, painted or carved.
pylon: rectangular tower, especially a tapered one.
quadratura or quadraturista painting: illusionistic perspective painting, particularly in Italian ceilings by Pozzi etc.
Putto (pl. putti)
a chubby male infant, often naked and sometimes depicted as a Cupid, popular in Renaissance art.
Pylon ...
Putto - Statue of naked chubby baby; similar to a cherub with no wings
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Quatrefoil - Four-lobed motif; usually in block shape ...
opulent use of ornaments (puttos made of wood (often gilded), plaster or stucco, marble or faux finishing)
large-scale ceiling frescoes
the external façade is often characterized by a dramatic central projection ...
A carved or painted decoration that combines human elements with animal and plant elements in an unrecognized motif, i.e. not a centaur, satyr, putto, mermaid, or recognizable religious figure.
Holes in a wall to receive putlogs, the horizontal timbers which support scaffolding boards; sometimes not filled after construction is complete. Also called putholes or putlock holes.Putto (plural: putti)Small naked boy.
PUTTO (pl. PUTTI): a small naked boy, often featuring in seventeenth and eighteenth century monuments, and commonly winged and holding one side of a drape or an achievement above the main sculpted figure.
 See also: Architecture, Gothic, Nave, Church, Ornament
  
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