{"id":19278,"date":"2026-02-11T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-gestos-y-posturas-de-las-gargolas\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:27:33","slug":"video-gestures-and-postures-of-gargoyles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/videos-the-gargoyle-and-its-iconography\/video-gestures-and-postures-of-gargoyles\/","title":{"rendered":"#25 \u2013 Gestures and postures of gargoyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"Gestures and postures of gargoyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QKicB6ZZids\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- DESCRIPTION --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 25px;\">In this video, we examine the most characteristic <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/gesturality-in-images-of-gargoyles-expressive-force-in-art\/\">gestures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/gesturality-in-images-of-gargoyles-plasticity-in-art\/\">postures<\/a> of gargoyles. Many of them appear with twisted bodies, with arms and legs positioned in various ways, or in a stance of watchfulness. We analyze some of these recurring <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/expressiveness-in-images-of-gargoyles\/\">expressions<\/a> and positions, which lend dynamism, intensity, and <a href=\"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/symbolism-in-images-of-gargoyles\/\">symbolic<\/a> intention to their presence on architectural structures.<\/p>\n<p><!-- COPYRIGHT NOTICE --><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 30px auto 15px; width: 50%;\" \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 13px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 30px;\">The video on this page is the property of <strong>Dolores Herrero \u00a9 doloresherrero.com<\/strong>.<br \/>\nProtected by copyright.<br \/>\nFor academic, outreach, editorial, or any other use, please contact by email:<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #777777; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:lola@doloresherrero.com\">lola@doloresherrero.com<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, we examine the most characteristic gestures and postures of gargoyles. Many of them appear with twisted bodies, with arms and legs positioned in various ways, or in a stance of watchfulness. We analyze some of these recurring expressions and positions, which lend dynamism, intensity, and symbolic intention to their presence on architectural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7945,"parent":15535,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[2822,2820,2823,2821,2824],"class_list":["post-19278","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-body-symbolism-in-gargoyles","tag-gargoyle-expressiveness","tag-gargoyle-posture-analysis","tag-medieval-sculptural-gestures","tag-symbolic-movement-in-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19491,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19278\/revisions\/19491"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doloresherrero.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}