Alexandra Gajewsi writes of Michael Camille's posthumous book on the gargoyles of Notre Dame:

The gargoyles are a tombstone set by modernity upon the medieval past which will never be fully recoverable. Instead of providing a link with the past, they look to the future with each generation, including ourselves, who project into them fears and aspirations that are always new because they are always changing. The book is illustrated with hundreds of photos and often otherwise little-known illustrations and paintings that support its arguments. Deeply provocative but always engaging and witty, and presenting a highly philosophical argument with great humanity and warmth, the Gargoyles of Notre-Dame is beautifully written. It is not the first time that a reviewer of one of Camille’s books concludes that the subject, in this case Notre-Dame and indeed medieval art more generally, will not be the same again.