In this article we will talk about such an architectural element as mascaron. How and when they appeared. What they are. How to make on a CNC machine.
On our site are 3d models of mascaron. With the help of models located in the sections, links to which we will add below, you will be able to make beautiful and stylish mascarons on cnc machines or 3d printers.
Features, Definition:
A mascron is a type of building decoration. Semi-sculptural object (bas-relief or high relief), representing the head or face of a person, the face of an animal, or a mythical creature.
Most often such an architectural element decorated the arch over a window or doorway, could be located on the bell for the door handle or the handle itself, could be just a decorative element on the building, on the bars of the fence or the railings of bridges and stairs, on any other architectural objects.
Today, mascarones are not only an element used in the exterior. There is this type of decoration and on furniture made in the classical style, and in interiors, and in the decoration of doors.
It is interesting that mascarones can have any look, both frightening and comic, romantic or neutral.
Initially, when mascarones first appeared (in ancient Greece) they had another role - their task was to protect temples, roads, springs from dark forces and demons. That is why the first mascarones had a character of intimidating and often represented the faces of gargoyles, gorgons.
Later mascarones began to play a mainly decorative role.
And in our time - it is also an opportunity to emphasize this or that style of interior.
Types of mascarons:
There are the most popular subjects of mascarons, for example:
- Cupids and angels (their lovely faces, sometimes partially visible hands)
- Faces of women
- Faces of lions
- Faces of characters from Greek mythology - the god Neptune, other Greek gods and goddesses, often copies of ancient Greek masks.
- Grotesque masks of the Baroque period (i.e. bizarre, fantastic, for example, it could be a grape leaf with eyes and mouth, or just faces of strange shape).
- Mascarons-allegories of emotions
- And many others.
However, these are by no means the only options. In our time there are more modern mascarons, created based on the plots of modern movies, cartoons. Depicting characters and heroes of books, comics. Models of such mascarones you can find on our site.
In what styles were the most common?
Most often mascarones appeared in the Renaissance - at this time they were mostly grotesque, in the Baroque era - richly decorated with plant decor, in the Rococo times - graceful and aesthetic.
Later received their distribution in the architecture of classicism, neo-Renaissance. During the Art Nouveau period and its neoclassical current.
Mascarones in Russia:
Mascarones did not appear in Russia until the early 18th century, during the Peter the Great Baroque period, when Western architects began to actively design and build their objects in St. Petersburg, the capital of the time.
St. Petersburg remains the city in which mascarons on the facades of buildings are most often found. It is interesting that the first mascarons appeared in Moscow. They were made in the form of angel heads. And were placed above the windows of the Church of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Taganskaya Sloboda.
Later mascarons appeared on many other buildings in Moscow. Most often they were either civil buildings, for example, houses on Pokrovka Street, or churches, or buildings of theaters and universities.
Even more mascarons can be found on buildings in St. Petersburg. Here they are mascarons of baroque, classicism, art nouveau, eclecticism. The main focus is the city center. Most often these are human faces, theatrical or exotic masks, lions, images of gods and heroes.
It is said that 19 thousand mascarons can be counted on the facades of buildings and gates of gardens in St. Petersburg.
Today, mascarons are found in the design of interiors, in the decoration of furniture, in the design of doors (in the form of a carved overlay or carved decoration).
Mascarones can make any object more colorful, unusual and attractive. Add a note of the right mood, make an accurate reference to this or that era, emphasize the chosen style of interior.
CNC manufacturing, models:
Nowadays mascarons can be made on numerically controlled machines from wood, stone, metal, plastic. The machine will almost autonomously create the desired decoration on the material.
To help machines - models in 3d stl format, on which the control program is built.
Buy such models you can from us.
Interesting options are presented in the following sections
- 3d models of masks and animal faces
- 3d models of high reliefs and bas-reliefs historical and religious
- 3d models of masks
- And others. For example, where there are 3d models of furniture or 3d models of overlays on doors.
See the entire catalog, you will definitely find the models you are interested in!
If the desired variant is not on the site, we will make a model for you in the shortest possible time to order.
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