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What is a mascaron?

What is a mascaron? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A carved, ornamental face
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The corners have gilt-bronze mounts with satyr heads and a central mascaron contains the bust of Democritus.
Highly elegant, the carved cartouches and the frames display a very full décor of foliage, shell and mascaron ornaments.
Compared with those of Bossuet, the funeral orations of mascaron are weak, and his style is lifeless.
Many townhouses are worth a stop, some offering a particularly expressive mascaron, or a wrought iron balcony.
Keystone in the shape of a carved mascaron representing an ancient god-like bearded man.

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