Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesRoutledge, 2013 M04 15 - 168 pages Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magical fertility symbols, nor even as idols of ancient pre-Christian religions, but as serious works that dealt with the sexual customs and salvation of medieval folk, and thus gave support to the Church's moral teachings. |
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... Kilpeck sheela, after G.R. Lewis 8. Male carvings at Abson and Melle 9. Slab at Gotland, and sketch of Rath Blathmaic figure 10. Etruscan bronze plate, c.540 BC; twelfth-century tympanum at Bully 11. Contortionist figure from Berrymount ...
... Kilpeck sheela, after G.R. Lewis 8. Male carvings at Abson and Melle 9. Slab at Gotland, and sketch of Rath Blathmaic figure 10. Etruscan bronze plate, c.540 BC; twelfth-century tympanum at Bully 11. Contortionist figure from Berrymount ...
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... Paul 50. Baubo in the Copenhagen Museum; mother-goddess and toad-goddess 51. Sainte-Radegonde, Poitiers: a most explicit exhibitionist 52. Kilpeck foliage-spewer 53. Kilpeck beakhead carvings exhibiting elements based on the Aulnay.
... Paul 50. Baubo in the Copenhagen Museum; mother-goddess and toad-goddess 51. Sainte-Radegonde, Poitiers: a most explicit exhibitionist 52. Kilpeck foliage-spewer 53. Kilpeck beakhead carvings exhibiting elements based on the Aulnay.
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... Kilpeck 6. Sheela from Ballyportry Castle 7. Sheela from Garry Castle, County Offaly 8. Megaphallic Spinario at Saint-Léger-en-Pons 9. Margam 10. Ballycloghdurff, on a gatepost 11. Amboise: Classical foliage decoration.
... Kilpeck 6. Sheela from Ballyportry Castle 7. Sheela from Garry Castle, County Offaly 8. Megaphallic Spinario at Saint-Léger-en-Pons 9. Margam 10. Ballycloghdurff, on a gatepost 11. Amboise: Classical foliage decoration.
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... Kilpeck ordered the defacing of a number of corbels which upset his sensibilities. One escaped destruction, the well-known 'sheela-na-gig'. Of the destroyed carvings, enough detail remains for a reconstruction of the original scenes of ...
... Kilpeck ordered the defacing of a number of corbels which upset his sensibilities. One escaped destruction, the well-known 'sheela-na-gig'. Of the destroyed carvings, enough detail remains for a reconstruction of the original scenes of ...
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Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches James Jerman, Anthony Weir. Plate 4 Sheela from Cavan, similar to 'Chloran' (Fig. 4). (Photo: Nat. Museum of Ireland, Dublin) , 5 and 6 Plate 5 Sheela at Kilpeck, Type I. The fact that.
Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches James Jerman, Anthony Weir. Plate 4 Sheela from Cavan, similar to 'Chloran' (Fig. 4). (Photo: Nat. Museum of Ireland, Dublin) , 5 and 6 Plate 5 Sheela at Kilpeck, Type I. The fact that.
Contents
The Romanesque background | |
The entertainers | |
Mermaids centaurs and other hybrid monsters | |
La femme aux serpents lhomme aux serpents and lavare | |
Disgust for the flesh | |
Rude gestures and ruder postures | |
More female exhibitionists | |
The distribution of sexual carvings | |
Exhibitionists and Folklore | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
Gazetteer | |
Index | |
Other editions - View all
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 2016 |
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 1986 |
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