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Fine arts > Architecture > Fantastic architecture

Preferred term

Fantastic architecture  

Definition

  • Architectural designs that are eccentric, outrageous, or unconventional, that jolt or excite the viewer, and that are generally characterized by an unusual juxtaposition of shapes or materials; may be spontaneously constructed, incomplete, or unbuilt. [AAT]

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Entry terms

  • Architectural fantasies
  • Architecture, bizarre
  • Architecture, fantastic
  • Architecture, imaginary
  • Bizarre architecture
  • Fantasy architecture
  • Imaginary architecture

Notation

  • 314341

In other languages

  • Architecture fantastique

    French

  • Architecture de fantaisie
  • Architecture imaginaire
  • Bizarre architecture
  • Fantastique dans l'architecture

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SX9FC0WT-3

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