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Gargoyles: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry

by Susan Pesznecker

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Taking readers on a journey into a mysterious world, through bestiaries and traveling menageries, past grotesques and chimeras, through medieval cities and guilds and into huge stone buildings, this work explains how gargoyles not only served a clear architectural purpose but also were symbolically important.

Synopsis:

Gargoyles takes you on a journey into a mysterious world, through bestiaries and traveling menageries, past grotesques and chimeras, through medieval cities and guilds and into huge stone buildings. Gargoyles are an embodiment of form and function - serving a clear architectural purpose but also symbolically important. Whether warding off evil, frightening away fear, or showcasing human foibles, when a gargoyle was placed on a building, people noticed.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781564149114
Subtitle:
From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry
Author:
Pesznecker, Susan
Introduction:
Zell, Oberon
Publisher:
New Page Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Gargoyles
Subject:
Interior Design - General
Series:
F
Publication Date:
February 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.96x6.02x.59 in. .88 lbs.

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