Capriccio
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| [[Image:Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - B. Bellotto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Capriccio]] with the [[Colosseum]]'' ([[1743]]-[[1743|44]]) - [[Bernardo Bellotto]]]] | [[Image:Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - B. Bellotto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Capriccio]] with the [[Colosseum]]'' ([[1743]]-[[1743|44]]) - [[Bernardo Bellotto]]]] | ||
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| + | A '''caprice''' is an [[impulsive]], seemingly [[unmotivated]] [[notion]] or [[action]] or an [[unpredictable]] or [[sudden]] [[condition]], [[change]], or series of changes. | ||
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| '''Capriccio''' could refer to: | '''Capriccio''' could refer to: | ||
| * A free-form, lively piece of music: see [[Capriccio (music)]]. | * A free-form, lively piece of music: see [[Capriccio (music)]]. | ||
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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]]. | ||
| + | * [[Capriccio (art)]] or caprice, in painting, an architectural fantasy | ||
| + | * [[Capriccio (music)]] or caprice, a piece of music usually free in form and of a lively character | ||
| + | **[[24 Caprices for Solo Violin (Paganini)]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Caprichos]]'' (''The Caprices''), a series of prints by Goya | ||
| + | *[[Piranesi]] produced two groups of [[capricci]] etchings, the [[Grotteschi (Piranesi) |Grotteschi]] and the [[Imaginary Prisons|Carceri]]. | ||
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| ==Etymology== | ==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”) | 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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A caprice is an impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action or an unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
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.
- Capriccio (art) or caprice, in painting, an architectural fantasy
- Capriccio (music) or caprice, a piece of music usually free in form and of a lively character
- Caprichos (The Caprices), a series of prints by Goya
- Piranesi produced two groups of capricci etchings, the Grotteschi and the Carceri.
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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