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The grotesque in church art (1899)

Wildridge, Thomas Tindall · London, W. Andrews & co. · leaf 227

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been imported ready made fromFlanders, and on which dragons aresometimes the ornament. The Foxon this slab is the earliest sculpturedfigure of the animal known in England. There are also hunting scenes inwhich the fox is shot with bow andarrow, as in Beverley Minster; orchased with hounds in a way… … COFFIN LID, BRIDLINGTON,YORKSHIRE. 212 THE GROTESQUE IN CHURCH ART. while for its own sake being allowed to really influencenothing. The chief point of the epic is generally considered to bethat power in the hands of the feudal barons was accompaniedby a trivial amount of intelligence, which was…

Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament

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