If you look up at Art Deco buildings or Gothic Revival churches in southeast Michigan, you’ll see works of art like gargoyles ...

Much as been written and said about the grand reopening and restoration of France's Notre Dame, perhaps the world’s most famous cathedral, but for its famous gargoyles this is far from their ...

The cathedral’s southern pinnacle features several grotesques and gargoyles in various stages of wear. What differentiates a gargoyle? The working rainspouts. Once the design was approved by the ...

The cathedral itself − before the fire − was regarded as an architectural feat. It is filled with symbolic decorations, colorful glass, artworks and gargoyles. Its towers are more than 220 ...

The current gargoyles are the work of Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), who restored the cathedral over a 20-year period in the 19 th century, respecting the spirit of the Middle Ages. The gargoyles ...

A workshop was set up in front of the cathedral to repair and where necessary replace these statues. Five of the gargoyles (products of Viollet-le-Duc’s imagination) were scanned by computer ...

The inferno led to concerns about the invaluable artwork in the cathedral. Notre Dame's priceless artifacts included much of the building itself, such as its famous gargoyles, the South Rose ...