They glare at us from the tops of high buildings. They’ve got huge claws, bat wings and teeth that would humble a vampire. Some folks find them kind of cute. After thousands of years of hanging out on church steeples, gargoyles are the rage these days — especially during Halloween. The World Wide Web has many pages dedicated to the appreciation of these macabre stone creatures:
Medieval Culture as Evidenced by Gargoyles
web.lemoyne.edu/begieral/museum.html
Don’t be fooled by the dreary-sounding title. This is actually a Gargoyle Museum on the Web. Take a tour of the great gargoyles of the world.
A Love of Monsters
www.aardvarkelectric.com/gargoyle/
An intrepid gargoyle-hunter with a zoom lens strolled around New York City to find these nifty little monsters.
Gargoyles Then and Now
ils.unc.edu/garg/garghp4.html
This breezy site offers a cathedral tour of France and the history of gargoyles.
Gargoyles and Grotesques
www.stonecarver.com/gargoyle.html
Chicago artist Walter S. Arnold presents his own page of neo-Gothic ghouls.
