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Historical Façade with Mascaron and Angels: An Example of Eclectic Architecture

#4805. Historical Façade with Mascaron and Angels: An Example of Eclectic Architecture

The image showcases a fragment of a historical building façade with expressive architectural decoration in the Neo-Baroque or Eclectic style. The central focus is on a semi-circular window with wooden frames in brown color, framed by a monumental arched composition.

Above the window sits a richly decorated architrave with plaster elements. Particularly noteworthy is the central mascaron detail in the form of a female head with elements of a stylized crown or diadem, flanked on both sides by sculptural representations of angels or putti with wings. These figures are created in a classical manner and give the façade a special theatricality and plastic expressiveness.

The façade is painted in a warm ochre color, creating a striking contrast with the white stucco details. The architectural ornament also includes classical Corinthian capitals at the edges of the composition, which emphasizes the reference to classicist traditions. The wooden window frames preserve the historical appearance, possibly being original elements of the building.

Such decorative solutions are characteristic of representative urban architecture from the late 19th to early 20th century, when special attention was paid to the plastic richness of façades and their symbolic program.

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