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=== Gilliam ===

[[File:Angelo Bronzino - Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time - National Gallery, London.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|The famous Python Foot can here be seen in its original context in the bottom-left corner of ''[[Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time]]'' by [[Bronzino|Agnolo Bronzino]], in the [[National Gallery, London]].]]

[[File:Foot detail from Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time by Agnolo Bronzino.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Close-up of the foot]]

Many Python sketches were linked together by the [[Cutout animation|cut-out animations]] of [[Terry Gilliam]], including the opening titles featuring the iconic giant foot that became a symbol of all that was 'Pythonesque'.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Designer's Dictionary of Color |author= Sean Adams |publisher= Abrams |year= 2017 |isbn= 9781683350026 |page= 104}}</ref> Gilliam's unique visual style was characterised by sudden, dramatic movements and deliberate mismatches of scale, set in [[surrealism|surrealist]] landscapes populated by [[engraving]]s of large buildings with elaborate architecture, grotesque [[Victorian era#Technology and engineering|Victorian]] gadgets, machinery, and people cut from old [[Sears Roebuck]] catalogues. Gilliam added [[airbrush]] illustrations and many familiar pieces of art. All of these elements were combined in incongruous ways to obtain new and humorous meanings.