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Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church

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I expected more from this book...the information covered is limited to basically photographs of gargoyles ( which are nice
to look at). However: there isn't even dates on many of the photographs because the authors stated it wasn't neccessary; the photographs are dislayed in confusing order;and some of the nicer photographs are restricted to the book cover only....The classification of gargoyles into types is the best thing this book had to offer . However the types of gargoyles is something you can gather yourself from looking at the photos... explanations of types of gargoyles and thier metaphorical or historical contexts was very dissapointing. Case in point if you're looking for a professional, scholarly, or informational account of gargoyles, this book will dissapoint you. If you are adept with reading between the meager lines and gathering your own thoughts and concepts from the photographs you can get something from this book. The book mainly offers some photographs with subjective commentary.I'm a gargoyle fan..and am glad to have a new book in my collection...so I didn't regret spending the money even though I was disappointed.

I expected more from this book...the information covered is limited to basically photographs of gargoyles ( which are nice
to look at). However: there isn't even dates on many of the photographs because the authors stated it wasn't neccessary; the photographs are dislayed in confusing order;and some of the nicer photographs are restricted to the book cover only....The classification of gargoyles into types is the best thing this book had to offer . However the types of gargoyles is something you can gather yourself from looking at the photos... explanations of types of gargoyles and thier metaphorical or historical contexts was very dissapointing. Case in point if you're looking for a professional, scholarly, or informational account of gargoyles, this book will dissapoint you. If you are adept with reading between the meager lines and gathering your own thoughts and concepts from the photographs you can get something from this book. The book mainly offers some photographs with subjective commentary.I'm a gargoyle fan..and am glad to have a new book in my collection...so I didn't regret spending the money even though I was disappointed.