Do gargoyles frighten you? Do you enjoy their whimsy or get a shiver when passing them, even imagining they come to life after dark, as portrayed in legends and horror movies? Despite their distorted, ...

Question: When is a gargoyle not a gargoyle? Answer: When it is a grotesque, of course! Gargoyles, by definition, are carved figures of stone, with spouts designed to convey water from rooftops to the ...

Yalemen, like most collegians, have long dwelt in the shadow of the gargoyle. Gothic architecture, with its encrusted spires and ogives, was the accepted way of making scholarship look more scholarly.

The word gargoyle is from the French word gargouille, which means throat. A real gargoyle is a waterspout, projecting from a gutter, which throws water out away from the wall and foundations of a ...

Sometimes, they’re frighteningly ugly, the things nightmares are made from. Sometimes, they’re angelic or they pay homage to others. And sometimes, “grotesque” can be the most appropriate word for ...

Gothic cathedrals, castles, and medieval churches across Europe are often adorned with strange, fantastical statues that seem to watch over centuries; these are Gargoyles. Far from being mere ...

A building in the Netherlands has some uncommon decorations worthy of the 21st century — instead of gargoyles, why not emoji cast in concrete? Emoji have become ubiquitous nowadays, and there's a slew ...

Junkyard bargains, from limestone putti to dented iron deer, have long been available for those with offbeat tastes. But as architectural monuments are bulldozed into extinction across the land, a new ...