Monday, May 4, 2009

Stone Devil . . .

While rambling around one afternoon in Brittany the other day, stumbled on this charming figure in a churchyard garden. . . no doubt there for the past few hundred years to remind people that they had better behave. . . or else ! Never really adhered to that line of logic. . . but I loved the work of art this is at first sight.
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And this piece of music goes hand in hand with this gentleman :
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3 comments:

Steve said...

I do wonder if such statues were based on unpopular figures of the day... a tradition we've sadly stopped following...

J said...

At first glance I thought this statue was Chinese!
I do love a good gargoyle, although it does give me flashbacks to high school art field trips, during which we had to wear hats that were both shaped and coloured like tomatoes. *shudder*

Laurie said...

Hey Owen. You are not going in for more self portraits, are you?