[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Cozumel.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Statue in Cozumel[/cs_text][cs_text]
Gargoyles, Grotesques and Sculptures
I have always had a great fascination of carved figures on buildings and in parks around the world. Including them in my city wanderings is usually a plan and I am always anxious to see what creatures I can discover. Gargoyles, grotesques and creature carvings have been around for many centuries and serve many purposes. In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. A Grotesque is a very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image.[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/LansingGargoyle1.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Archway in Lansing, Michigan[/cs_text][cs_text]
I wonder what kind of wild imaginations were involved with the renderings of them and what their original purpose served. Some of them must be derived from dark, scary dreamscapes! Here are a few that have crossed my path:[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ringling-Statue.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota Florida[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Knight-Face.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Detroit Masonic Temple, Michigan[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/St-Louis-Fountain.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Water Fountain in St. Louis, MO[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Lion-Head2.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Lion Head in Grand Rapids, MI[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Ireland.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Ancient Face on an old Irish Church[/cs_text][x_image type=”none” src=”https://porteengear.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Cozumel-Sculpture1-233×350.jpg” alt=”” link=”true” href=”#” title=”” target=”blank” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]An ancient Alien in Mexico!
[/cs_text][cs_text]All photography by Robyn Porteen[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]
