EROS IN LATER CHRISTIAN ART
(Miscellaneous)
Via: ArtServe, at the Australian National University (ANU)
(rubens.anu.edu.au)
(When copy-pasting these urls, if they don’t come up, truncate to the right of the last “/” to reach the index.)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/duernstein/stift_mariae_himmelfahrt/church/exterior/DSCN4036.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/duernstein/stift_mariae_himmelfahrt/church/interior/altars/DSCN4008.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/duernstein/stift_mariae_himmelfahrt/church/interior/putti/DSCN3976.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/eisenstadt/churches/cathedral/DSCN4466.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/graz/churches/garnisonskirche/interior/altars/DSCN0965.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/graz/churches/mariahilf/interior/altarpieces/DSCN2080.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/graz/churches/maria_himmelfahrt_to_sort/interior/altarpieces/DSCN2052.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/graz/churches/stadtpfarrkirche/interior/high_altar/DSCN1207.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/linz/churches/alter_dom/DSCN9742.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/stift_melk/church/interior/choir_and_high_altar/DSCN0555.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/tulln/churches/minoritenkirche/interior/altars/DSCN4230.JPG
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/austria/tulln/churches/minoritenkirche/interior/high_altar/DSCN4268.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/austria/vienna/churches/franziskaner_17603-11/interior/altars/dscn0542.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, Eros just doesn’t look as handsome as Fred:
And, Eros is a bit more cheery looking than Bits:
… Maybe.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/austria/vienna/churches/saint_michael/interior/choir_high_altar/dscn0440.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid4/austria/wiener_neustadt/cathedral/interior/altars/dscn1681.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/abingdon/churches/s_helen/organ/P1015385.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/abingdon/churches/s_nicholas/monuments/P1015231.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/bicester/church/monuments/P1010661.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/bicester/church/monuments/P1010666.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/bicester/church/monuments/P1010682.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, here’s an icon of what Eros definitely does not look like:
Nor is this a kind likeness of Eros:
… Maybe.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/burford/church/tanfield_tomb/P1018832.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/kirtlington/church/monuments/P1010763.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/kirtlington/church/monuments/P1010774.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/all_hallows_by_tower/font/P1012135.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/all_hallows_by_tower/pulpit/P1012133.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/all_hallows_by_tower/pulpit/P1012131.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/awardrobe/1.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_bride/11.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_edmund_the_king/P1012405.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_james_garlickhythe/15.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_magnus_martyr/exterior/P1012066.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_magnus_martyr/monuments/P1012015.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_magnus_martyr/reredos/P1012021.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_margaret_lothbury/font/P1011975.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_margaret_pattens/font/P1012107.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_margaret_pattens/monuments/P1012112.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_mary_aldermary/10.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_mary_at_hill/interior/P1012091.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_mary_at_hill/monuments/P1012087.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/s_mary_at_hill/vestibule/monuments/P1012078.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_mary_le_bow/2.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_pauls/17.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/england/london/churches/city/s_vedast/2.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_clement_eastcheap/altar/P1014955.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_clement_eastcheap/interior/P1014958.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_clement_eastcheap/pulpit/P1014963.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_clement_eastcheap/pulpit/P1014964.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_abchurch/baptistery/P1014929.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_abchurch/exterior/P1014873.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_abchurch/interior/P1014907.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_abchurch/interior/P1014928.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_woolnoth/exterior/P1014869.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/city/st_mary_woolnoth/tosort/P1012444.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/greenwich/s_alfege/P1011595.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/lambeth/s_john_evangelist/P1013476.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/lambeth/s_john_evangelist/P1013477.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/soutwark/cathedral/P1011772.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/st_marylebone/all_souls_langham_place/exterior/PC050156.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/london/churches/st_marylebone/s_mary_paddington_green/monuments/PC081149.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/newark/church/altar_choir/P1014954.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/nuneham_courtenay/church/monuments/P1017123.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/nuneham_courtenay/church/monuments/P1017126.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/nuneham_courtenay/church/monuments/P1017128.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/oxford/churches/s_mary_the_virgin/monuments/P1012356.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, here’s an example of what Eros does not look like:
Nor is this a good profile of Eros:
… Probably not.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/oxford/churches/s_mary_the_virgin/monuments/P1012363.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/oxford/churches/s_mary_the_virgin/monuments/P1012364.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/oxford/colleges/christ_church/picture_gallery/paintings/P1010863.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/worcester/churches/cathedral/interior/north_transept/monuments/PB185484.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/worcester/churches/cathedral/interior/south_aisle/monuments/PB185347.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/worcester/churches/cathedral/interior/south_aisle/monuments/PB185393.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/worcester/churches/cathedral/interior/south_chancel_aisle/monuments/PB185572.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014270.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014272.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014292.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014303.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014310.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/england/york/churches/minster/monuments/P1014357.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/auxonne/church/interior/928.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/high_altar/P1010225.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/high_altar/P1010227.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/interior/P1010217.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/interior/P1010218.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/interior/P1010241.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/interior/P1010252.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/organ_lost/P1010206.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/beziers/churches/cathedral/pulpit/P1010233.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/cathedral/woodwork/1059.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/cathedral/woodwork/1060.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/s_michel/interior/12.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/s_michel/interior/16.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/s_michel/interior/22.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/s_michel/monuments/36.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/dijon/churches/s_michel/monuments/37.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/besancon/churches/la_madeleine/299.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/dole/church/exterior/777.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/dole/church/interior/732.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/dole/church/interior/733.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, this is an example image that Eros does not fit with:
Nor is this the god of erotic love:
… This could do.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/dole/church/interior/770.JPG:
Boy, look at those flimsy lookin’ chairs. If you set a “Big Fat Liar” like me in one of them, there’s gonna be an accident.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/franche_comte/dole/church/interior/772.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/lyon/churches/cathedral/clock/7493.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/moissac/church/interior/choirstalls/P1010517.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/montpellier/churches/nd_des_tables/P1010301.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/france/paris/churches/eglise_du_dome/upper_storey/IMGP7262.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/france/paris/churches/saint_sulpice/High_Altar/P1015641.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/france/paris/churches/sgervais/general/6.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/france/paris/churches/sgervais/Monuments/206.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/tournus/churches/s_philibert/monuments/P1016082.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/vienne/poitiers/churches/cathedral/altars/11322.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/vienne/poitiers/churches/cathedral/altars/11323.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/vienne/poitiers/churches/notre_dame_la_grande/pulpit/11251.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/vienne/poitiers/churches/notre_dame_la_grande/pulpit/11252.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/germany/berlin/churches/dom/19.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/germany/berlin/churches/dom/28.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/germany/berlin/churches/hedwigskirche/102.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/transepts/IMGP0114.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/transepts/IMGP0145.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/transepts/IMGP0154.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/cathedral/treasury/IMGP0227.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/s_ignaz/interior/panoramas/IMGP4202.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/s_ignaz/interior/panoramas/IMGP4207.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/s_ignaz/interior/pulpit/IMGP4193.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/s_ignaz/interior/views/IMGP4180.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/s_ignaz/interior/views/IMGP4181.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/exterior/IMGP4234.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/exterior/IMGP4235.JPG:
Do you still think I’m making all this up?
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/interior/panoramas/IMGP4253.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/interior/panoramas/IMGP4259.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/interior/panoramas/IMGP4260.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/mainz/churches/seminarkirche/interior/panoramas/IMGP4262.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/IMGP5692.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/IMGP5693.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/IMGP5696.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/IMGP5699.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/cathedral/interior/monuments/IMGP5726.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/dreifaltigkeitskirche/exterior/IMGP5405.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/liebfrauenkirche/interior/monuments/IMGP5781.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, here’s a great example of what Eros does not look like:
This, also, is too complicated to look like Eros:
… Maybe … someday.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/germany/trier/churches/liebfrauenkirche/interior/monuments/IMGP5792.JPG:
Just hangin’ loose in the old church after a long day of preachin’.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/bari/churches/san_nicola/interior/silver_altar/dsc04477.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/church/crossing/dsc08059.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/church/desiderio_altar_tabernacle/dsc08193.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/old_sacristy/central_sarcophagus_and_table/dsc08086.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/old_sacristy/donatello_medallions/dsc08077.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/old_sacristy/donatello_medallions/dsc08083.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid5/italy2004/florence/churches/san_lorenzo/interior/old_sacristy/verrocchio_tomb_of_piero_&_giovanni/dsc08119.JPG:
(I didn’t research very much in Italy, as there was too much to look through. Maybe in the future, when I get the time.)
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid3/new/stereo.source7Gb/italy/rome/churches/s_lorenzo_in_lucina/203L.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/new_cathedral/IMGP2396.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/new_cathedral/IMGP2402.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/new_cathedral/IMGP2403.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/new_cathedral/IMGP2407.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/new_cathedral/IMGP2415.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/old_cathedral/interior/IMGP2447.JPG
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/old_cathedral/interior/IMGP2460.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/coimbra/churches/old_cathedral/interior/IMGP2465.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/cathedral/interior/IMGP0287.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/estrella/interior/chapels/IMGP0309.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/jeronimos/church/interior/upper_choir/PICT6701.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/jeronimos/cloisters/lower/PICT6588.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_da_conceicao/interior/IMGP0391.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_da_conceicao/interior/IMGP0395.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_da_loreto/IMGP0046.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_del_socorro/IMGP9458.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_del_socorro/IMGP9464.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/ns_del_socorro/IMGP9465.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_francesco_da_paola/IMGP9532.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_jose/IMGP9880.JPG:
Hey, I don’t really mean to butt in like this; but, just to make sure, here’s what Eros does not look like:
Nor is this the way Eros looks:
… Yep, there he is.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_nicalau/IMGP9958.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_roque/interior/IMGP0503.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_roque/interior/IMGP0507.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_roque/interior/IMGP0522.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/interior/IMGP9621.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/interior/IMGP9625.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/interior/IMGP9627.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/monastery/chapel_of_s_anthony/IMGP9709.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/monastery/cloisters/IMGP9671.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/monastery/cloisters/IMGP9725.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/s_vicente_da_fora/monastery/entrance_hall/IMGP9645.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/new/portugal/lisbon/churches/sacramento/IMGP2846.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/avila/churches/monasterio_de_s_tomas/tombs/d_juan_de_avila/P1010590.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/avila/churches/monasterio_de_s_tomas/tombs/principe_d_juan/P1010619.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/cordoba/churches/s_trinidad/15003.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/cordoba/churches/s_trinidad/15004.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/cordoba/churches/s_trinidad/15014.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/leon/churches/cathedral/choirscreen/P1010124.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/leon/churches/s_marcos/choirstalls/P1010201.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/leon/churches/s_marcos/cloister/P1010162.JPG:
In Spain, some of the Erotics look like bullfighters.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/leon/churches/s_marcos/cloister/P1010166.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/leon/churches/s_marcos/museum/P1010180.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_de_rioseco/churches/s_cruz/14068.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_de_rioseco/churches/santiago/14124.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_de_rioseco/churches/santiago/14128.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_de_rioseco/churches/sm_de_mediavilla/choirstalls/14103.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_de_rioseco/churches/sm_de_mediavilla/choirstalls/14106.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_del_campo/churches/san_miguel/P1010949.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_del_campo/churches/santiago_el_real/P1010870.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/medina_del_campo/churches/santiago_el_real/P1010874.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/cathedral/chapels/P1010077.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/cathedral/chapels/P1010079.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/cathedral/chapels/P1010080.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/cathedral/chapels/P1010100.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/cathedral/chapels/P1010102.JPG:
For all you skeptics out there, here’s an example of a deity that Eros does not look like:
Nor is this doing Eros justice:
… Nope.
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/s_pablo/P1010009.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/s_pablo/P1010010.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/palencia/churches/s_pablo/P1010041.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/Pasion/RestFatima/5.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SGregorio/6.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SGregorio/13.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SGregorio/24.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SGregorio/40.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SJuandeLetran/2.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/spain/valladolid.city/churches/SJuandeLetran/4.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/angustias/P1011394.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/capilla_maria_reparadora/P1010970.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/capilla_maria_reparadora/P1010973.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/cathedral/14298.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/magdalena/capilla_corral/P1010336.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/magdalena/exterior/P1010311.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/magdalena/interior/P1010326.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/magdalena/tomb/P1010335.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/spain/valladolid/churches/s_benito/main_screen/P1011374.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/switzerland/basel/churches/peterskirche/interior/chancel/monuments/IMGP8018.JPG:
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/europe.0602/switzerland/basel/churches/peterskirche/interior/chancel/monuments/IMGP8022.JPG:
I’ve yet to find any Early Christian art depicting anything looking like Mickey Mouse, Snagglepuss, or even Mr. T. So, I figure there’s a reason why the Early Christians used the Eros motif:
I pity the fool who can’t see Eros in early Christian art!