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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... thorn-puller at Béceleuf 6. Capital from the collegiate church of Cervatos 7. 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 ...
... thorn-puller at Béceleuf 6. Capital from the collegiate church of Cervatos 7. 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 ...
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... thorn-puller corbels 17. Toulouse: music, gaming and tumbling 18. Saint-Servais, Brittany: acrobat 19. Gisors: detail of triple window 20. Anguipedal woman at Poitiers, Notre-Dame-la-Grande 21. Semur-en-Brionnais: megaphallic atlas and ...
... thorn-puller corbels 17. Toulouse: music, gaming and tumbling 18. Saint-Servais, Brittany: acrobat 19. Gisors: detail of triple window 20. Anguipedal woman at Poitiers, Notre-Dame-la-Grande 21. Semur-en-Brionnais: megaphallic atlas and ...
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... thorn-puller' figures. The prototype Classical sculpture of a young Roman athlete bending down to pull a thorn from the sole of his foot is naturalistic and microphallic; the Romanesque version of Spinario is grossly megaphallic (Plate ...
... thorn-puller' figures. The prototype Classical sculpture of a young Roman athlete bending down to pull a thorn from the sole of his foot is naturalistic and microphallic; the Romanesque version of Spinario is grossly megaphallic (Plate ...
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Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches James Jerman, Anthony Weir. SEMATO Plate 8 Saint-Léger-en-Pons: megaphallic thorn-puller or Spinario. Fig. 5 Bécéleuf:
Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches James Jerman, Anthony Weir. SEMATO Plate 8 Saint-Léger-en-Pons: megaphallic thorn-puller or Spinario. Fig. 5 Bécéleuf:
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... thorn-puller or Spinario. Fig. 5 Bécéleuf: Spinaria or female thorn-puller. Such carvings, many of them on façades of churches, could by no stretch of the imagination be stigmatised as pornographic. The very express focusing of ...
... thorn-puller or Spinario. Fig. 5 Bécéleuf: Spinaria or female thorn-puller. Such carvings, many of them on façades of churches, could by no stretch of the imagination be stigmatised as pornographic. The very express focusing of ...
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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