Grotesque or Gargoyle?

Grotesque: a very ugly or comically distorted figure, creature, or image.
Gargoyle: A carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite,with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.
So a gargoyle is a grotesque with a drain spout. These figures displayed in the library are made of papier-mâché and, based on the definitions above, are grotesques. Each one is more outlandish than the one before. The kids really stretched the limits of their imagination.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Were they learning about architecture and gargoyles, or were they just using their imaginations for some Halloween art projects? If they were really going for grotesque gargolyes, they achieved them!!

[Rick Schies]

Well they are quite interesting, and made with special hands.

[Allison Williams]

@olivetreeann Very perceptive of you! The fourth grade includes a study of architecture in their curriculum. These figures are done in art. They study the development of architectural styles in conjunction with their trip to Monticello.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@allie912 lol I'm more logical than perceptive- it just made sense to me that a class would be studying architecture if they were making papier-mache gargoyles!