26 juill. 1050 - Church of Sainte-Foy

Description:

Date: 1050-1130

Artist: unknown

Medium: stone

Location: Conquest, France

Function:
- To host pilgrims
- To bless its visitors
- To inspire Christians

Extra Info:
Last Judgement Tympanum
- Last Judgment
- Largest Romanesque tympanum
- The saved move towards Christ
- Right lower level, the devil torturing the sinners
Reliquary of Sainte-Foy
- made by gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood.
- Large scale
- a young girl who refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods
- Child's skull is housed in enlarged head

Cultural comparison: Pilgrimages
- Great Stupa, Sanchi
- Kaaba
- Bamiyan Buddha

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