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Cosmatesque, a. Arch.|kɒzməˈtɛsk|
[f. the name of the Cosmati, a family of architects, sculptors, and mosaicists, who lived in Rome in the thirteenth century: see -esque.]
Designating a style of decoration characterized by the use of mosaics; also called Cosmati or Cosmato work.
1883Perkins Ital. Sculpture p. lvii, More Cosmatesque work of the first period is to be seen in the church of San Pietro d'Alba at Alba Fucense. 1927H. Gardner Art through the Ages 196 Cosmati work..consists of surrounding colored marble slabs with borders, frequently interlacing, made up of small pieces of marble and glass cut into various shapes. |