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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... hands on its knees; an acrobat with his feet to his ears; a woman with large bared breasts and her hands clasped on her belly; another squatting figure of indeterminate sex, and two squatting figures exhibiting male and female genitals ...
... hands on its knees; an acrobat with his feet to his ears; a woman with large bared breasts and her hands clasped on her belly; another squatting figure of indeterminate sex, and two squatting figures exhibiting male and female genitals ...
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... hand, was symbolic of Paradise. The many eyes upon it reminded men to be ever watchful, and to be constantly aware of the all-seeing nature of God. St Augustine had said that the flesh of the peacock was incorruptible, so the bird could ...
... hand, was symbolic of Paradise. The many eyes upon it reminded men to be ever watchful, and to be constantly aware of the all-seeing nature of God. St Augustine had said that the flesh of the peacock was incorruptible, so the bird could ...
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... hand some of their tenets, it is not because we think they have no part in the creation of exhibitionist sculptures. Who can tell what archetypal atavistic symbolism lurks behind the conscious mind of the creative artist? We shall ...
... hand some of their tenets, it is not because we think they have no part in the creation of exhibitionist sculptures. Who can tell what archetypal atavistic symbolism lurks behind the conscious mind of the creative artist? We shall ...
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... hands. Type I shows both hands behind the buttocks; Type II only one hand behind; Type III both hands in front; Type IV one hand in front (for a fuller explanation seeJerman, Dundalk 1981). (a) Blackhall Castle, Type I; (b) Doon Castle ...
... hands. Type I shows both hands behind the buttocks; Type II only one hand behind; Type III both hands in front; Type IV one hand in front (for a fuller explanation seeJerman, Dundalk 1981). (a) Blackhall Castle, Type I; (b) Doon Castle ...
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... hands; but an equally distinctive feature of the sheela is its repellent ugliness: huge disproportionate head, staring eyes, gaping mouth, wedge nose, big ears, bald pate, herculean shoulders and twisted posture (Fig. 4 くら Ju دیروز ...
... hands; but an equally distinctive feature of the sheela is its repellent ugliness: huge disproportionate head, staring eyes, gaping mouth, wedge nose, big ears, bald pate, herculean shoulders and twisted posture (Fig. 4 くら Ju دیروز ...
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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acrobats Andersen apes apotropaic Archingeay archivolt Audignon Aulnay Auvergne Baubo beakhead beard beasts Beatus bite Blesle Brioude Calvados capital carvings Castle Cathedral centaur Cervatos Champagnolles Chanteuges Charente Charente-Maritime Châteaumeillant Christian churches Classical Compostela concupiscence corbel table corbels couples Courpière decoration demons devil evil exhibitionists feet-to-ears female exhibitionist femme aux serpents figures foliage-spewers France Frómista genitals Gironde Givrezac hair hand head Hell Herefordshire Ireland Irish Italy ithyphallic Jerman Kilpeck Lavaudieu London lust Luxuria male exhibitionist masks masons medieval megaphallic male mermaids miser Moissac monks monster motifs mouth-puller Museum Navarra Offaly pair Palencia penis phallic phalloi Photo pilgrimage pilgrims Plate Poitiers pulling Puy-de-D6me Pyrénées-Atlantiques Roman Romanesque art Saint Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes Saint-Palais Saint-Savinien Saintonge San Quirce Santiago scene sculpture sexual exhibitionists sheela sheela-na-gig Shobdon showing Shropshire snakes Spain splay-legged squatting stone suckling symbolism thorn-puller Tipperary toads tongue tongue-puller Tugford twelfth century tympanum Vézelay Vienne Vouvant vulva woman women Zodiaque