위트 넘치는 지붕 장식물(Gargoyle)

Gargoyle(지붕 모서리를 장식하는 괴물)을 깨물고 있는 꼬마 괴물.
영국 솔즈베리 대성당의 지붕.

건축가의 위트에 박수~~~

 

A small grotesque biting a bigger gargoyle, the roof of Salisbury Cathedral, UK.

Medieval humor in Abbey of Sainte Foy, France c.1050.

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Gargoyle: They Are More Than Just Scary Sculptures On Buildings

 

The mooning gargoyle of Freiburg minster. Legend has it that a disgruntled stonemason created this gargoyle and positioned in the the direction of the city council building. Council members had commissioned him for some of the stonework of the minster and had not paid him for his work. 이 조형물의 엉덩이가 향한 곳은 의회 건물. 의회가 석공에게 지불할 돈을 다 주지 않자, 석공이 그에 대한 앙갚음으로 이런 조형물을 설치했다고..