Here you have a very interesting website with all the information about it at www.arquivoltas.com. (look for Artiz) Only in Spanish, I’m sorry… but at least you can look for more pictures.
During our excursion everybody was surprised with the façade and its sculptures with animals, such as dogs, or harpys, puzzling faces, stories from the Gospel, like a representation of the parable of the rich Epulon and poor Lazarus, symbols of lasciviousness and so on
It is s konwn that there were more than one artist working at that church. Did they want to tell a full history with the images? Experts in medieval art of this area say no. In fact, they say artists did not always want to tell something, not everything has special meanings, some times artists want to decorate with a kind of innovation from some basics works they alredy knew and had done before. Just try a bit decoration, and no more.
Experts have to carry on with their investigations and go ahead with our trip. What the heck is a girl doing with a bottle of champange? She won a prize!
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