Carolyn WhitsonFeb 35 min readDevil's Gonna Get You!13th c. capital of a sinner being devoured, Saint Pierre, Chauvigny, France A nasty case of Covid pretty much bankrupted my energy for...
Carolyn WhitsonJul 9, 20236 min readThe di Balduccio Tomb--the Pagan VirtuesAs much as I love medieval art that strikes me as bizarre, I really love it when I come across works which are marvels of symbolic...
Carolyn WhitsonNov 6, 20222 min readOrigins of SirensOn October 25th, 2022, I gave a lecture at Metropolitan State University on the Origins of Sirens. In the presentation, I trace how...
Carolyn WhitsonApr 9, 20217 min readFabulous FakesMany's the time I've gotten excited by the prospect of visiting a medieval church, only to find that "medieval" mostly referred to the...
Carolyn WhitsonFeb 26, 20214 min readThe Good (After) Life: More Roman SarcophagiAncient Roman sarcophagi were for the wealthy, and were created in workshops which concentrated on particular themes: demonstrating the...
Carolyn WhitsonFeb 18, 20215 min readPre-Romanesque Churches in AsturiasFew 9th century churches survive anywhere in Europe, but in Northern Spain are a few precious remaining examples. Santa Cristina de Lena...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20212 min readNotre Dame de Paris' TympanumThis image features the fate of the damned--stretching from their judgment by Saint Michael (upper-left), across to punishments for...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20214 min readSan Juan de La Pena, Service and MiraclesUp in the remote hills in northern Spain, the monastery of San Juan de la Pena contains the ruins of a tiny cloister, with magnificent...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20213 min readRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 1Notre Dame de Paris was engulfed in a terrible fire in 2019. Here, I include some of my photos of the interior, taken in 2018. I don't...
Carolyn WhitsonJan 22, 20215 min readRemembering the Notre Dame de Paris Interior, Part 2This entry continues an analysis of the thirteenth century choir screen of Notre Dame de Paris, with photos taken in 2018, before the...