"La femme aux serpents". Evolución iconográfica de la representación de la lujuria en el Occidente europeo medieval
ISSN: 1698-4374
Année de publication: 2010
Titre de la publication: Pecado-Crimen y Penitencia-Castigo en la Edad Media a través de la literatura y el arte
Número: 7
Pages: 137-158
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Clío & Crímen: Revista del Centro de Historia del Crimen de Durango
Résumé
This study presents a number of approaches and new iconographic material for the analysis of one of the most widespread representations in medieval sculpture: �la femme aux serpents�, which was employed to illustrate the sin of lust and its punishment. Its antecedents, as has been pointed out by many specialists, come from images of Tellus in Roman iconography. The main purpose of this work is to analyse its iconographic evolution, and in particular its semantic transmutation.