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== Influence on the Western World == Although gargoyles were exclusive to Europe for the longest time, their intrigue still attracted those a continent away. Gargoyles can be found in the columns of the [[Langdell Hall|Harvard Law School building]], fitting for its Gothic architecture.<ref name="Marke-1912" /> These along with grotesques built at Princeton College were sculpted by [[Gutzon Borglum]].<ref name="Marke-1912" /> [[George B. Post]] was responsible for the frequent use of grotesques on multiple New York City buildings. His architectural works consisted of the multiple grotesques scattered across the multiple buildings of the College of the City of New York and four corbel heads that can be found under a balcony at the National Arts Club Building, Gramercy Park South in New York City.<ref name="Marke-1912" /> Other important figures in the American implementation of gargoyles and grotesques consist of E.F Guilbert, who had the construction of various gargoyles on the Newark Manuel Training School represents the several aspects of the curriculum, as well as [[John Russell Pope]], who carved several grotesques of varying distinct human expressions from wood at Deepdale, Long Island, a personal estate of the [[Vanderbilt family]].<ref name="Marke-1912" />[[John Taylor Arms]] educated the American Public of gargoyles through his own etchings of various gargoyles found across Europe. Some instances include etchings of the gargoyles at Notre Dame Cathedral and Amiens Cathedral.<ref name="Pelletier-1990">{{Cite journal |last=Pelletier |first=William |date=September 1990 |title=The Gargoyle Images of John Taylor Arms |journal=Print Quarterly |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=293β303}}</ref> his works were regarded as incredibly accurate in portraying the emotion in the expression of the original gargoyles.<ref name="Pelletier-1990" />
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