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sienamystic ([personal profile] sienamystic) wrote2009-02-21 03:49 pm

gloria, gloria

sculptures at Chartes

Abraham cups Isaac's face. They both stand on top of the substitution ram.

Chartes sculpture

Chartes figure

So, I get that it's Moses to Abraham's right

[identity profile] dakiwiboid.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
(as he faces us) but what is that on the teentsy pillar behind him? It looks like some kind of parrot or something.

Re: So, I get that it's Moses to Abraham's right

[identity profile] sienamystic.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what it is, although the person is indeed Moses. Some sort of little critter!

It just makes strange pictures in my head

[identity profile] dakiwiboid.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Moses...wandering in the wilderness...with a parrot!

Re: So, I get that it's Moses to Abraham's right

[identity profile] sienamystic.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It does sound a lot like one of Monty Python's wackier skits.