During a neo-Gothic architectural revival in the late 1800s, gargoyles, as well as spires, pointed arches and tracery, adorned new edifices in New York, Washington, Chicago and Gothic university ...

Crane your neck at the cathedral, or even take one of their gargoyle tours, and you might also see a wild boar, a turtle, a dragon, or one of the roughly 1,200 other roof dwellers. One of Alonso's ...

Well, folks, if you thought your Wednesday couldn't get any more medieval, Dynamite is dropping a fresh dose of winged creature chaos with Gargoyles: Dark Ages #5 on January 24th. Those pesky ...

A dragon gargoyle adorning the National Cathedral, Washington D.C. ... Legend has it that if this neo-Gothic church is ever fully complete, the world will come to an end.

A late 19th-century revival of this medieval style is the reason for the gargoyles we see in Baltimore. “Just about all the gargoyles in Baltimore were built at the same time, within a 10-year ...

While gargoyles are mostly grotesque creatures, perhaps part dragon, part monster, they are also caricatures of people known to the carver. In a sense they are cartoons set in stone.

Medieval folklore mentions carved gargoyles as originating from the conquer of a dragon in France, according to archaeologist Gary R. Varner, author of Folklore, History and the Study of Myth, and ...

But if you’re willing to splash out on some gothic glam, Wayfair has a selection of statues - and this dragon gargoyle is going for £20.99. Solar stake lights - £5. 8.

Many of its Gothic churches, government buildings, and other edifices remain, along with their iconic gargoyles. The city’s structures feature more than 20 authentic gargoyles, and hundreds of ...