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===Examples=== ===Examples===
*''[[Capricci di varie figure]]'' (1617) - [[Jacques Callot]] *''[[Capricci di varie figure]]'' (1617) - [[Jacques Callot]]
-*[[Piranesi]] produced two groups of [[capricci]] etchings, the [[Grotteschi (Piranesi) |Grotteschi]] and the [[Imaginary Prisons|Carceri]].+*[[Piranesi]] produced two groups of [[capricci]] etchings, the [[Grotteschi (Piranesi) |Grotteschi]] (c. 1748) and the [[Imaginary Prisons|Carceri]] (1745).
* ''[[Caprichos]]'' (''The Caprices''), a series of prints by Goya * ''[[Caprichos]]'' (''The Caprices''), a series of prints by Goya
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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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Capriccio with the Colosseum (1743-44) - Bernardo Bellotto
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Capriccio with the Colosseum (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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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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