A year ago on a great trip with UCC history professor Hogan we were sightseeing great and memorable places in NYC such as : Cloisters, the magnificent and the biggest in America Cathedral of Saint John the Divine (it is a very interesting gothic style church but her outside walls are as much interesting to see as the wall full of sculptures, painting, altars and stained glass. There are symbols of many Christian religions e.g. menorah the Jewish candlesticks, Pops’ seal- ‘key’ and little monuments of famous writers (W. Shakespeare), scientists (Einstein) etc. ) While I was visiting uptown in Manhattan and having a little break for a lunch, I encountered beautiful sculptures on the wall of one of the gigantic buildings. Those ware heads of dwarfs or called also ‘mascarons’. I saw them many times in Europeans cities such as Paris but never in America. It’s quite interesting to find them here because ‘mascarons’ usually are connected with certain style and period.
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