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 ...

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

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

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 ...