Abbaye Saint-Martin du Canigou (6) by Jean_C
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The sculptures of the capitals represented scenes of pious life, or evil beings of hell, or symbolic creatures. The interpretation of these representations is often difficult, our view is no longer that of the year one thousand.
Les sculptures des chapiteaux représentaient des scènes de la vie pieuse, ou des êtres malfaisants de l'enfer, ou des créatures symboliques. L'interprétation de ces représentations est souvent difficile, notre vision n'est plus celle de l'an mil.
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Comments (28)
Leije
Ces créatures mystérieuses, bien soulignées par la lumière, ont des poses étranges, et témoignent d'une époque bien lointaine de plus de mille ans........ton cadrage est superbe, magnifique prise de vue, Jean-Claude !
eekdog
Cool aged details on the pillar, love the close capture of the pillar, as always thank you for the tour of this place and great photos. Love em' all.
Kordouane
Belle photo de ce chapiteau, magnifique représentation de l'art roman, merci pour le partage de ta visite JC
UteBigSmile
LivingPixels
A super excellent capture JC you did great my friend!!
martial
Belle photo Ton commentaire sur l'objet photographié est apprécié
MagikUnicorn
goldie
Wonderful capture of this interesting capital...looks like the subjects are all animals...baboon, cat...perhaps simply a flight of fancy by the sculptor. Certainly they are not gargoyles such as those that adorn many religious edifices such as Notre Dame...
miwi
Klasse foto,excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nefertiabet
Fantastic photo, love it!!!
rbowen
Great photo with interesting details!
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Ein wundervolles Bild*****
Windigo
Fantastic!
Radar_rad-dude
Or, as modern day conspiracy theorists would like to say, 'they could be alien life forms from another planet or dimension!' Raises many possibilities for we modern viewers! Wonderful photo, Jean! thanks for sharing!
Richardphotos
the center figure looks like a Texas Armadillo . fine sculpture work
mtdana
These sculptures and others were powerful symbols and viewed by many people over the ages - fantastic capture my friend!!!
anitalee
Excellent!!
starship64
Fascinating view of the past.
pchef
joli détail du chapiteau
VDH
Interesting architecture, perfect shot !!
romangirl
Magnificent catch, Jean!
rhol_figament
An ancient pillar with a creature, the same as an artist today, just a different time with different tools. The human imagination transcends, a pillar with a creature...
alida
great detail
Navi
Très jolie vue sur ces détails, Jean-Claude :)
Leilana
Beautiful sculptures - have a wonderful weekend! :)
Crudelitas
Wonderful pillar capitell. The figural representation is really interesting. At first I thought that was an anteater. Only he has no horns. LOL Very nice photo, Jean-Claude.
aqua1955
Love these creatures that look so devils like. They are the opposit of the green man that shows also on collums as men faces in leafs. One tells about death and the other about birth. They are like the water devils on the Notre Dame that spit the bad from the cathedral where the green man tells about birth and bloom. They are found all ready in the year 1000 after Christ. The green man is still often seen in the Toscane, which might show a relation to the Roman Catholic church in Italy. A great shot my friend ;)
Axeye
I have always been amazed at the talent required to sculpt, especially with early sculptures when the tools they had were so crude. This is simply awesome.