<br> Grotesque (fr. Grotesque, literally - “bizarre”, “comic”; Italian. Grottesco - “bizarre”, Italian. Grotta - “grotto”, “cave”) - a kind of artistic image, comically or tragically comic and sharpen life relations through a bizarre and contrasting combination of real and fantastic, verisimilitude and caricature, hyperbole and alogism. May also be inherent in artistic thinking.<br> In conversation, the word grotesque usually means “strange”, “fantastic”, “eccentric” or “ugly”, and thus is often used to describe strange or distorted forms, such as masks at the carnival or gargoyles at the cathedrals.<br> The concept of the grotesque may refer to a specific type of ornament, which combines graphic and decorative motifs. Such combinations, as a rule, have a bizarre or fantastic character.