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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... on the Aulnay (and Matha Saint-Hérie figures) 54. Map of Ireland showing distribution of exhibitionists 55. Map of England and Wales showing location of exhibitionists 56. Map of northern Spain 57. Map of France showing distribution of ...
... on the Aulnay (and Matha Saint-Hérie figures) 54. Map of Ireland showing distribution of exhibitionists 55. Map of England and Wales showing location of exhibitionists 56. Map of northern Spain 57. Map of France showing distribution of ...
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... on the corbels high above them and, if they do, they probably do not understand them, for they are a curious assortment: a man pulling his beard; a human-headed snake; an acrobat with his feet doubled behind his shoulders; a stork with ...
... on the corbels high above them and, if they do, they probably do not understand them, for they are a curious assortment: a man pulling his beard; a human-headed snake; an acrobat with his feet doubled behind his shoulders; a stork with ...
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... on the little hill (cerro) overlooking the plain of Segovia, were paid for by the rich – perhaps the pious widow of a reconquistador – and their details were chosen, according to the money available, by the sponsor, the incumbent priest ...
... on the little hill (cerro) overlooking the plain of Segovia, were paid for by the rich – perhaps the pious widow of a reconquistador – and their details were chosen, according to the money available, by the sponsor, the incumbent priest ...
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... on the subject of these carvings: the doctoral thesis for the University of Copenhagen of Jørgen Andersen, published in 1977 under the title 'The Witch on the Wall: medieval erotic sculptures of the British Isles' (Andersen 1977). It ...
... on the subject of these carvings: the doctoral thesis for the University of Copenhagen of Jørgen Andersen, published in 1977 under the title 'The Witch on the Wall: medieval erotic sculptures of the British Isles' (Andersen 1977). It ...
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... on the subject. We have been blinkered in the past by our restricted horizons in the study of the insular carvings. The solution to the problem of what these figures are and why they occur on churches is not to be found at home but on the ...
... on the subject. We have been blinkered in the past by our restricted horizons in the study of the insular carvings. The solution to the problem of what these figures are and why they occur on churches is not to be found at home but on the ...
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 |
Common terms and phrases
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