Corner Monkey Gargoyle
by Eric Tressler
Title
Corner Monkey Gargoyle
Artist
Eric Tressler
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Human qualities were sometimes ascribed to specific animals—that is, the animals were anthropomorphized. This was especially common for pagans, and using these ideas helped conversion to Catholicism. Some animals (such as the rhinoceros and the hippopotamus) were unknown in western Europe during the Middle Ages, so gargoyles of these species (such as the ones at Laon Cathedral) are modern gargoyles and therefore did not have symbolic meaning in Medieval times.
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December 3rd, 2021
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