Double Capital with Masks and Birds, ca. 1140–60, Made in Languedoc, France, French, White marble, Overall: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (39.4 x 49.5 x 28.9 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The medieval sculptor transformed a Corinthian capital, substituting a head for the rosette that would have appeared at the center. On one side, it is the head of a man; on the other, a monkey: perhaps a warning of how easy it is to slide from humanity to bestiality
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