Animal Monsters in Gargoyles

Animal Monsters in Gargoyles

  Gargoyles In our discussion of the various types of gargoyles, animal monsters were included in our classification. Animal monsters are hybrid creatures that come from the combination of various animal body parts, and they tend to be fantastical and incredible...
Nudity in Gargoyles

Nudity in Gargoyles

  Today’s post is about the portrayal of nakedness in gargoyles. In his book on the history of the body in the Middle Ages, the great French Medievalist Jacques Le Goff (1924-2014) tells us that the Roman Empire already exercised containment in terms of the...
The Gargoyles of the Monastery of Alcobaça (Portugal)

The Gargoyles of the Monastery of Alcobaça (Portugal)

In this new video, we present the gargoyles of the Monastery of Alcobaça (Portugal) as you’ve never seen them before. This monastic complex, declared a World Heritage Site, preserves a small but fascinating group of gargoyles. We analyse them from a formal and...
The Gargoyles of the Burghers’ Lodge in Bruges

The Gargoyles of the Burghers’ Lodge in Bruges

  Today’s entry is devoted to the gargoyles of the Burghers’ Lodge (Poortersloge) in Bruges (Belgium), a magnificent building situated in the Jan van Eyck Square. From the 15th century the Lodge was a meeting place for the burghers of Bruges. In the 18th and 19th...