Ste. Jeanne d'Arc
I wonder if Ste. Jeanne wore a skirt over/under her armor.
St. Louis, Roi de France
You can't tell by clicking on the larger view, because it's blurry, but St. Louis is pretty well rouged up. The first time I saw his statue up close many years ago, I thought he was a queen. (LOL! Sorry.)
The Virgin Mary and the child Jesus
I like this statue, but for the large crowns, the size of which is decidedly de trop. (That means "too much".)
St. Anthony and the child Jesus
Not contemporaries, but no matter. It is all mystery and art.
The statues of Ste. Jeanne and St. Louis face the nave in the front of the church. The Virgin and St. Anthony are in the narthex.
I meant to make this a serious post, but that's not the way it turned out. What happened?
Your irrepressible sense of humor popped up, of course. Part of what I love about you, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteLuv U back, Paul.
ReplyDeleteNice of you to take time off from gutting possums to post these cross-dressing scans.
ReplyDeleteI think Joan's armor skirt maybe a Victorian modesty invention. A detailed representation painted late in the 15th century shows her in full armor without a skirt.
However the only known representation of her executed during her lifetime, a vivid but rough drawing in the margin of a 1429 document, is open to interpretation. She is carrying a banner and a sword, but is she wearing a dress, armor, or a combination of the two?
Lapin, would the contemporary drawing show an armored dress? Or maybe she wearing something similar to a man's chainmail tunic.
ReplyDeleteWho knows? though checking the late 15th c painting against the earlier drawing, it seems to me that there are enough similarities in the head and facial features to suggest that the painting is based either on the drawing or on another contemporary likeness that has not survived.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful church Grandmere!
ReplyDeleteAnd St. Joan --wasn't one of the complaints against her that she didn't wear appropriate clothes? Or, is that just a Shaw-ism?
I wonder if Ste. Jeanne wore a skirt over/under her armor.
ReplyDeleteWhy not?
Dr. Doom does.
Well Mark, if Dr. Doom can wear a skirt over armor, then Ste. Jeanne can, too.
ReplyDeleteOh poor St Joan, she would be so thrown of the church if she were alive right now!
ReplyDeleteDoom wears a mini - it lets the other villains know he's fun and perky!
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