Publisher:
Shire Publications, Oxford, United Kingdom
The medieval context -- Patrons and masons -- The imagery of gargoyles and grotesques -- Gargoyles and the Gothic revival -- The conservation of gargoyles and grotesques -- Places to visit. "Alex Woodcock here tells the story of the monsters,...
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The medieval context -- Patrons and masons -- The imagery of gargoyles and grotesques -- Gargoyles and the Gothic revival -- The conservation of gargoyles and grotesques -- Places to visit. "Alex Woodcock here tells the story of the monsters, mermaids and mouth-pullers that to this day provoke much curiosity and various interpretations among church visitors. He traces their history and analyses their artistic context, from their Romanesque beginnings through to their heyday in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, their revival in Victorian times and the tradition of production and conservation that continues today." --Back cover
