all 3 LESbeon and umBIon illustrations i’ve drawn over the years!
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Originally drew this for Mexican Independence Day + Bi Visibility Day last year but I never posted it so happy pride month instead !
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Grotesque depicting a figure of a woman showing her v. Saint Radegonda, Poitiers, medieval.
Grotesque to you nerd. To me she is a queen
Grotesque in this context is an art genre. In architecture, a grotesque is a carved feature on the side of a building, not calling something disgusting etc
This is a grotesca!
The word grotesque comes from the Italian Grotto, because when they found similar things when excavating grottos from ancient Rome they found artwork similar to this, thus inspiring work like the ceiling in the picture.
But going back to the beginning, that fine lady grotesque is a sheela na gig
I think Ireland has the greatest concentration but I'm p sure they're a western European wide thing?
I’ve just always heard it referred to as a specific Irish thing but I could be wrong. I know the word is Irish, maybe that’s why I think that
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