Religious art in France, XIII century; a study in mediaeval iconography and its sources of inspiration (1913)
Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954, Nussey, Dora · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 146
cated what the Italian story-tellers of the Renaissance intended to convey in the fine names such as " Violante " and " Imperia," which they gave to their courtesans. The mirror is Fig. 6i. — Prudence (Rose- window in Notre Dame, Paris) the emblem of the coquetry of woman and her genius for… … figures ot Luxuria carved on the doorways of Fig. 62. — Folly (Rose-window in Notre Dame, Paris) Romanesque churches such as Moissac and Tou- louse, where toads devour the organs of a naked woman and cling tightly to her breasts. The thirteenth century with its finer sensibilities could not endure…
Christian art and symbolism · Art · Art, Medieval
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