| St Nicholas Info 'Grotesque' is the name given to carved stone heads often sited on the corbels of European churches. They differ from gargoyles in that they are decorative features and do not serve the purpose of draining rain water. Sometimes the stone masons would model the heads on their own, pulling faces and making rude gestures. grotesque' (sk), n. & a. 1. A decorative painting or sculpture with a fantastic interweaving of human or animal forms with foliage; (pop.) comically distorted figure or design. 2. adj. (Architec) as in the above style; distorted, bizzare, ludicrous (Definition from Concise Oxford Dictionary) I made myself grotesque for the phgotographs which I placed on the headless corbels of St Nicholas church. Go back to previous page and click the other picture for gallery. |