Capriccio
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| * A type of [[Landscape art|landscape painting]] that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting, see [[Capriccio (art)]]. | * A type of [[Landscape art|landscape painting]] that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting, see [[Capriccio (art)]]. | ||
| * An [[art term]] denoting the [[grotesque]], [[playful]], [[fantastic]], [[transgressing]] the [[academic art|academic norms]]. | * An [[art term]] denoting the [[grotesque]], [[playful]], [[fantastic]], [[transgressing]] the [[academic art|academic norms]]. | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | Borrowing from French ''caprice'', from Italian ''capriccio'', from ''caporiccio'' (“fright, sudden start”): ''capo'' (“head”), from Latin ''caput + riccio'' (“curly”), from Latin ''ericius'' (“hedgehog”), or from Italian ''capro'' (“goat”) | ||
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Capriccio could refer to:
- A free-form, lively piece of music: see Capriccio (music).
- An opera by Richard Strauss: see Capriccio (opera).
- Igor Stravinsky's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra.
- A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting, see Capriccio (art).
- An art term denoting the grotesque, playful, fantastic, transgressing the academic norms.
Etymology
Borrowing from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”): capo (“head”), from Latin caput + riccio (“curly”), from Latin ericius (“hedgehog”), or from Italian capro (“goat”)
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