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L'art profane à l'église; ses licences symboliques, satiriques et fantaisistes. Contribution à létude archéologique et artistique des édifices religieux

Witkowski, G.-J. (Gustave Joseph), 1844-1923 · 1908 · Paris, J. Schemit · 37 pictures

A 1908 Paris study by art historian Gustave Joseph Witkowski, published by J. Schemit, examining secular, satirical and fanciful imagery found in churches, aimed at archaeologists and art historians. The pictures are small black-and-white engravings of medieval-style sculptural carvings: a seated female figure with a child, winged putti flanking a shield, a draped standing figure, and ram-headed garlands with cherubs, offering designers a vocabulary of ornamental carved motifs and grotesque decoration.

Christian art and symbolism

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