Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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Page 35
... natural hazards of everyday life in the visible world . The function of church art was to secure awe and apprehension ... nature must make extensive use of symbols . It is Bible exegesis for the masses who cannot read , a visual aide ...
... natural hazards of everyday life in the visible world . The function of church art was to secure awe and apprehension ... nature must make extensive use of symbols . It is Bible exegesis for the masses who cannot read , a visual aide ...
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... nature to which we can only give a meaning ' . = But what of things of art ? In arriving at the meaning of a work of art we must carefully distinguish between the significance it has for us , and the significance it may have had for its ...
... nature to which we can only give a meaning ' . = But what of things of art ? In arriving at the meaning of a work of art we must carefully distinguish between the significance it has for us , and the significance it may have had for its ...
Page 95
... nature . From the very early days of Christianity there was a concomitant tendency to de - Semitise the Old Testament and appro- priate it for Christianity as a mere series of prophecies of Christ and Mary , and symbolic prefigurations ...
... nature . From the very early days of Christianity there was a concomitant tendency to de - Semitise the Old Testament and appro- priate it for Christianity as a mere series of prophecies of Christ and Mary , and symbolic prefigurations ...
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