Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... stones , e.g. the ' cult ' stone at Turoe ( if this is indeed a phallic object ) . The male ithyphallic side of the double - ' cult ' stone at Boa Island is a better example , but we still have to account for the sex - change . Andersen ...
... stones , e.g. the ' cult ' stone at Turoe ( if this is indeed a phallic object ) . The male ithyphallic side of the double - ' cult ' stone at Boa Island is a better example , but we still have to account for the sex - change . Andersen ...
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... stones . Preserved in the Margam Stones Museum in South Wales is a stone which might once have served as a corbel . It features a pot - bellied male with the same hunched shoulders as an atlas ( Plate 9 ) . His forearms are held close ...
... stones . Preserved in the Margam Stones Museum in South Wales is a stone which might once have served as a corbel . It features a pot - bellied male with the same hunched shoulders as an atlas ( Plate 9 ) . His forearms are held close ...
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... stone - carving , and a style that had been Roman - esque became Romanesque , developing its own ethos and identity . The indebtedness of the masons to Classical models became even more pronounced when they turned their hand to ...
... stone - carving , and a style that had been Roman - esque became Romanesque , developing its own ethos and identity . The indebtedness of the masons to Classical models became even more pronounced when they turned their hand to ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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