Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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Page 18
... motifs which figure on churches where the carving is not only abundant but of excellent quality , and there is so much to study that the sexual sculptures tend to be disregarded as mere curiosities . In the British Isles we can only get ...
... motifs which figure on churches where the carving is not only abundant but of excellent quality , and there is so much to study that the sexual sculptures tend to be disregarded as mere curiosities . In the British Isles we can only get ...
Page 42
... motifs not Plate 18 Saint - Servais , Brittany : acrobat . ( Photo : Inventaire Général , Bretagne ) derived directly from pre - Romanesque models but they echo the supporting figures known as caryatids , telamons or atlantes ; and ...
... motifs not Plate 18 Saint - Servais , Brittany : acrobat . ( Photo : Inventaire Général , Bretagne ) derived directly from pre - Romanesque models but they echo the supporting figures known as caryatids , telamons or atlantes ; and ...
Page 144
... motifs seem to be derived from Aqui- taine . It goes without saying that all these provinces are along the camino francés to Compostela , with another by - pilgrimage to León , to the tomb of San Isidoro ; along the road arose ...
... motifs seem to be derived from Aqui- taine . It goes without saying that all these provinces are along the camino francés to Compostela , with another by - pilgrimage to León , to the tomb of San Isidoro ; along the road arose ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Abbey acrobat Andersen apes apotropaic Archingeay archivolt Audignon Aulnay 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 Coruña couple Courpière decoration demon devil esque evil exhibiting exhibitionist façade feet-to-ears female exhibitionist femme aux serpents figures foliage-spewer France Frómista genitals Gironde Givrezac hair hand head Hell Herefordshire Ireland Irish Italy ithyphallic Kilpeck Lavaudieu legs León lust Luxuria male exhibitionist masks masons medieval megaphallic male mermaids miser Moissac monks monster motifs mouth-puller Museum Navarra Offaly pair penis phallic phalloi Photo pilgrimage pilgrims Plate Poitiers pulling Puy-de-Dôme Pyrénées-Atlantiques Roman Romanesque art Saint Saint-Palais Saintonge San Quirce Santiago scene sculptures sexual sheela sheela-na-gigs shows snakes Spain splay-legged squatting stone suckling symbolism Terra thorn-puller tion Tipperary toads tongue tongue-puller Tugford twelfth century tympanum Vézelay Vienne Vouvant vulva woman women