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In architecture, a grotesque (/ ɡ r oʊ ˈ t ɛ s k /) is a fantastic or mythical figure carved from stone and fixed to the walls or roof of a building. A chimera ( / k aɪ ˈ m ɪər ə / ) is a type of grotesque depicting a mythical combination of multiple animals (sometimes including humans). [ 1 ]
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo. This Good Morning America book club pick follows the life of a Dominican-American family ahead of a living wake—yes, you read that right. One of the sisters can ...
Reconciliation, by Josefina de Vasconcellos, in St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry. Reconciliation (originally named Reunion) is a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos. Originally created in 1977 and entitled Reunion, it depicted a man and woman embracing each other ]. [1]
Peace Fountain celebrates the triumph of Good over Evil, and sets before us the world's opposing forces—violence and harmony, light and darkness, life and death—which God reconciles in his peace.When the fountain operates, four courses of water cascade down the freedom pedestal into a maelstrom evoking the primordial chaos of Earth.
To celebrate World Book Day, Airbnb unveiled a unique opportunity: an overnight stay in the Hidden Library of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Many feature animals, birds, or human figures or faces, sometimes realistic, but often Grotesque: the Green Man is a frequent subject. [ 2 ] The Romanesque Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk , United Kingdom , has the largest number of painted carved stone bosses in the world; an extensive and varied collection of over one thousand individual pieces.
The first chapter treats the Mont Saint Michel Abbey: its architectural history as well as what the building and its patron represented for the people of that time.The second chapter concerns the great medieval epic Le Chanson de Roland, a poem which, Adams argued, "expressed the masculine and military passions of the Archangel" [4] represented by that first cathedral.
The contemporary view of the controversy of his restoration is summarized on a descriptive panel near the altar of the cathedral: "The great restoration, carried to fruition by Viollet-le-Duc following the death of Lassus, supplied new radiance to the cathedral – whatever reservations one might have about the choices that were made.