In Greek, mimesis stands for "imitation" • Still Life by Justus Junker
The imaginary often involves fantasy • Then Lilies turned to Tigers
The imaginary may also relate to the fabulous • A Renaissance Gryphon
At times imagination finds expression in terms of grotesqueness • A Fertile Man by Fontanarrosa
Disconcerting is the effect of the grotesque • Object, by Meret Oppenheim
The grotesque is a structure • Italian grotteschi
As a structure, the grotesque is usually a visual paradox • Treu: Enthusiasm is Not Enough
It combines or fuses incompatible elements • Santos Maschen: Dragon
Grotesque strategies literally attack by surprise • Anonymous: Hand
The grotesque frequently violates norms and conventions • Marcelo Bordese: Jonah and the Whale
It involves ambiguity • Bacon: Lying Figure in a Mirror
The grotesque suggests the monstrous • Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Water
Sometimes it relates to black humor • Bacon: Figure with Meat
Although there are some playful grotesques too • Jake Crees: Oops
Thus, a grotesque can be amusing • "Just don't expected it to roar"
But it can be unsettling as well • Carlos Nine: Colored Relief
The grotesque is a game with the absurd • Death and Soap Bubbles
Significantly, the grotesque defies interpretation • Bacon: Study for Figure at the Base of a Crucifixion, detail
As Giordano Bruno puts it, the fictitious image entails its own truth.
