Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval ChurchesRoutledge, 2013 M04 15 - 168 pages Sexually explicit sculptures may be found on a number of medieval churches in France and Spain. This fascinating study examines the origins and purposes of these sculptures, viewing them not as magical fertility symbols, nor even as idols of ancient pre-Christian religions, but as serious works that dealt with the sexual customs and salvation of medieval folk, and thus gave support to the Church's moral teachings. |
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... British 'sheela-na-gig', one of the few remaining 'obscene' figures in our islands (Plate 3 ). It is a good starting point in our study of how it came to pass that lewd carvings were placed on or in Christian churches, there to resist ...
... British 'sheela-na-gig', one of the few remaining 'obscene' figures in our islands (Plate 3 ). It is a good starting point in our study of how it came to pass that lewd carvings were placed on or in Christian churches, there to resist ...
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... British Isles' (Andersen 1977). It gave a catalogue of the then known figures together with a number of chapters of commentary and discussion. Readers curious to know about forms like 'sile na gCíoch' could not do better than to turn to ...
... British Isles' (Andersen 1977). It gave a catalogue of the then known figures together with a number of chapters of commentary and discussion. Readers curious to know about forms like 'sile na gCíoch' could not do better than to turn to ...
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... Continental female exhibitionists in the feet-to-ears position: (a) Assouste; (b) Corullón (also displaying anus); (c) Mauriac (upside-down acrobat, also displaying anus). Fig. 4 'Chloran' from Killua, Westmeath, in the British Museum.
... Continental female exhibitionists in the feet-to-ears position: (a) Assouste; (b) Corullón (also displaying anus); (c) Mauriac (upside-down acrobat, also displaying anus). Fig. 4 'Chloran' from Killua, Westmeath, in the British Museum.
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... Sheela from Cavan, similar to 'Chloran' (Fig. 4). Fig. 4 'Chloran' from Killua, Westmeath, in the British Museum (Witt Collection), shows typical ugliness. Plate 6 Sheela from Ballyportry Castle. (Photo: Nat. Museum of.
... Sheela from Cavan, similar to 'Chloran' (Fig. 4). Fig. 4 'Chloran' from Killua, Westmeath, in the British Museum (Witt Collection), shows typical ugliness. Plate 6 Sheela from Ballyportry Castle. (Photo: Nat. Museum of.
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... British Museum (Johns 1982).) There is no need to give a history of the discovery of sheela-na-gigs by nineteenth-century antiquarians, since Andersen has done this most admirably (Andersen 1977). He supplies a very full bibliography ...
... British Museum (Johns 1982).) There is no need to give a history of the discovery of sheela-na-gigs by nineteenth-century antiquarians, since Andersen has done this most admirably (Andersen 1977). He supplies a very full bibliography ...
Contents
The Romanesque background | |
The entertainers | |
Mermaids centaurs and other hybrid monsters | |
La femme aux serpents lhomme aux serpents and lavare | |
Disgust for the flesh | |
Rude gestures and ruder postures | |
More female exhibitionists | |
The distribution of sexual carvings | |
Exhibitionists and Folklore | |
Epilogue | |
Bibliography | |
Gazetteer | |
Index | |
Other editions - View all
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 2016 |
Images of Lust: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches Anthony Weir,James Jerman No preview available - 1986 |
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