Gargoyles in the Basque Country

Gargoyles in the Basque Country

  After admiring the gargoyles on the “Catedral Nueva” in Vitoria, in today’s post we’ll be continuing to enjoy gargoyles in the Basque Country (Spain). We’re off to the beautiful city of Irún, where I’ve discovered some of the...
Gesturality in Gargoyles: Part Two

Gesturality in Gargoyles: Part Two

  In today’s post we continue examining one of the most amazing and intriguing gargoyle topics, the gesturality of the body and its expressive force. In the first part we looked at two habitual gestures in gargoyles: pulling on the mouth ― and other parts...
Gesturality in Gargoyles: Part One

Gesturality in Gargoyles: Part One

  As part of our discussion on the history and research of symbolism in gargoyles let’s continue to explore one of the most important and astonishing topics in their iconography. In a previous post we talked about facial expressiveness and today we’re...