Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesB.T. Batsford, 1986 - 166 pages |
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... tion with sexual sin can be observed in the ' 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 ...
... tion with sexual sin can be observed in the ' 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 ...
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... tion - who is to know ? We can only produce our evidence for saying that we believe that the source of inspiration for the twelfth - century insular exhibitionists is to be found abroad , in the area of the Continent roughly demarcated ...
... tion - who is to know ? We can only produce our evidence for saying that we believe that the source of inspiration for the twelfth - century insular exhibitionists is to be found abroad , in the area of the Continent roughly demarcated ...
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... tion with it is perhaps our only tenuous link with the visionary world of the Romanesque , which saw Luxuria and Avaritia everywhere threaten- ing God's kingdom on earth . - It is an irony that it is through our different but equally ...
... tion with it is perhaps our only tenuous link with the visionary world of the Romanesque , which saw Luxuria and Avaritia everywhere threaten- ing God's kingdom on earth . - It is an irony that it is through our different but equally ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Ugly as sin | 23 |
The Romanesque background | 31 |
Copyright | |
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