In this issue of Glencairn Museum News, art historian Dr. Julia Perratore explores evidence of prote
In this issue of Glencairn Museum News, art historian Dr. Julia Perratore explores evidence of protective imagery in a group of sculptures from Glencairn’s medieval collection. The belief that certain images had the power to safeguard people and places from danger finds expression in the earliest works of art. Such imagery often took the form of terrifying guardian monsters. The evil spirits feared by pagans generally took the singular form of the devil in Christian belief, but people continued to rely on images of ferocious creatures, hoping their defensive energies would offer protection from harm. http://ow.ly/thWz30bMoAw -- source link
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