Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... origin , purpose , and longevity have been expressed . One view is that they are vestigial idols of some ancient pre ... origins may have played a part in their make - up . We believe that they dealt with matters of great moment – the ...
... origin , purpose , and longevity have been expressed . One view is that they are vestigial idols of some ancient pre ... origins may have played a part in their make - up . We believe that they dealt with matters of great moment – the ...
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... origin . Yet the only non - Classical pre - medieval female exhibitionist figure so far to be found in Europe is a tiny ' owl - goddess ' on one end of a gold bracelet from Reinheim ( Saarland ) , dating to about 400 BC , and even this ...
... origin . Yet the only non - Classical pre - medieval female exhibitionist figure so far to be found in Europe is a tiny ' owl - goddess ' on one end of a gold bracelet from Reinheim ( Saarland ) , dating to about 400 BC , and even this ...
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... origin is to be found in northern lands . It shuns balance and Classi- cism , preferring instead the bizarre and gro- Plate 14 Rath Blathmaic : Irish Romanesque window - sill ( now upside down ) . Note the supposed sheela on the right ...
... origin is to be found in northern lands . It shuns balance and Classi- cism , preferring instead the bizarre and gro- Plate 14 Rath Blathmaic : Irish Romanesque window - sill ( now upside down ) . Note the supposed sheela on the right ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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