" Alone at some distance from the wasting walls of a disused abbey I found half sunken in the grass the grey and goggle-eyed visage of one of those graven monsters that made the ornamental water-spouts in the cathedrals of the Middle Ages. It lay there, scoured ancient rains or striped recent fungus, but still looking like the head of some huge dragon slain a primeval hero. And as I looked at it, I thought of the meaning of the grotesque, and passed into some symbolic reverie of the three great stages of art..."
Author: G. K. Chesterton |
Publisher: Culturea |
Publication Date: Feb 22, 2023 |
Number of Pages: 100 pages |
Binding: Paperback or Softback |
ISBN-10: NA |
ISBN-13: 9791041945368 |