Weighing about half a ton, the freshly made carving is a classic example of a medieval grotesque, a style of ornate architectural decoration that most people see only at a distance. During the ...

Grotesques were just for decoration and amusement. Sculptors might carve a particularly naughty grotesque high and away from ...

A TikTok showing off the decoration has racked up more than ... to that because it’s so cool and it’s artistic in its own grotesque way,” Dave said. The Max figure is made out of items ...

The wall paintings feature Grotesque-style decorations, including animal heads swirling into clouds, hares trotting, and sneering human profiles arranged in decorative panels. Specialist ...

The Arkells were astonished to see the Grotesque-style decorations, which feature animal heads swirling into clouds, hares trotting and sneering human profiles. “Removing old failing plaster to ...