The grotesque in church art . of the people was to be attributed tothe indifference of the clergy. Balancing this, there is in theoriginal carving an aged person kneeling, and, supported bya crutch, counting her beads. In a subsequent chapter (on Compound Forms in Gothic)the harpy is mentioned, and shewn to be a not uncommonsubject of church art, either as from the malignant classicform which symbolized fierce bad weather, or as the morebeneficient though not unsimilar figure which was the symbolof Athor, the Egyptian Venus. A Winchester example whichmight seem in place among the remarks on th
The grotesque in church art . of the people was to be attributed tothe indifference of the clergy. Balancing this, there is in theoriginal carving an aged person kneeling, and, supported bya crutch, counting her beads. In a subsequent chapter (on Compound Forms in Gothic)the harpy is mentioned, and shewn to be a not uncommonsubject of church art, either as from the malignant classicform which symbolized fierce bad weather, or as the morebeneficient though not unsimilar figure which was the symbolof Athor, the Egyptian Venus. A Winchester example whichmight seem in place among the remarks on the Compounds,is included here, as it is evidently intended to embody a serves to show that a modern use of the word harpy waswell understood in mediaeval times. The design is simple,the vulture wings being made to take the position of the hairof the woman head. She lies in wait spider-wise, her greatclaws in readiness for the prey ; and is evidently a character-sketch of a coarse, insatiable daughter of the THE HARlY IN WAIT, WINCHESTER. Scriptural 3Uustrations.
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