Lion's Head Gargoyles

Lion's Head Gargoyles (chimera) guard the front of a brownstone rowhouse on the eastside of Manhatten. Found in the east 70s between Lexington and Park Avenues. I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Lion's Head Gargoyles (chimera)

Lion's Head Gargoyles (chimera) at 82d street and Broadway southeast corner parking garage, New York City, New York. Architecture, waterspout designed to drain water from the parapet gutter. Originally the term referred only to the carved lions of classical cornices or to terra-cotta spouts, such as those found in the Roman structures at Pompeii. The word later became restricted mainly to the grotesque, carved spouts of the European Middle Ages. It is often, although incorrectly, … gargoyle Britannica Online Encyclopedia Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Gargoyle Female with Jewelry

Gargoyle Female with Jewelry. Historic Hotel Belleclaire New York City, 77th street and Broadway. I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible,

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Gargoyle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building.

The term originates from the French gargouille, originally "throat" or "gullet"; cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Spanish garganta, "throat"; Spanish gárgola, "gargoyle").

A chimera, or a grotesque figure, is a sculpture that does not work as a waterspout and serves only an ornamental or artistic function. These are also usually called gargoyles in laypersons' terminology, although the field of architecture usually preserves the distinction between gargoyles (functional waterspouts) and non-waterspout grotesques.

Reproductions of statues representing gargoyle-like creatures, available in some retail stores, although sometimes functional, are more often than not grotesques modeled after famous gargoyles.

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