We all love any antiquity, Antiquity or Gothic. Everything antique pulls us like a magnet. And it is very good that many magnificent buildings and temples have survived to this day. Everyone especially likes to consider the interior and arrangement of the Cathedrals of Europe. But the outer façade of Gothic cathedrals is also rich in decorations. There are many patterns, stucco moldings, many magnificent bas-reliefs, statues and whole compositions.
But on them we see very strange things - PEOPLE are GIANTS, that is, GREATS in huge numbers. And they are next to people of ordinary height, perhaps people like us.
Let's start our inspection
Arch of Constantine in Rome - along with the type of ordinary people, we see really BIG people, they are in the foreground and much higher than everyone else:
Arch of Constantine, Rome.
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Facade of St. Peter's Basilica in Bologna:
Promotional video:
People here are different and this is clearly visible in the size of the heads. It can be seen that two small ones are trying to twist a person much larger in size. Moreover, on the right sits a giant with a pet, some kind of flying krakozyabra of an unknown breed with a human face:
Let's go further.
Niccola Pisano from the pulpit of the Baptistery, Siena, scene - the Nativity of Christ and the adoration of the shepherds, magi and others:
It is clearly seen that the Mother of God is much taller than the people around, although she is reclining on a bed. Also in front we see a tall woman on the left, and a man on the right.
Portugal, Lisbon, Main portal of Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. Did you not notice that the words often flash here - PORT or portal, what kind of portal is this? This is, of course, another super topic, so let's continue with the GIANTS.
In general, there are many people of different heights, and especially huge ones. And they all stand on strange platforms. Have you crossed the portal? But let's take a closer look at them:
And another side of the facade of this Gothic portal, where there is certainly something to compare with. You see on the left two GIANTS in the portal, and in the center, too, in the portal, but small, but with a beard:
As you can see THREE and all DIFFERENT GROWTH.
And here are more fragments of the same place, where there are even more people of different heights, all this is strange:
Another sign that these are giants, the presence of lions nearby, which for some reason are the size of a cat or a dog, here is an example - the Altar of St. Joseph of Copertino:
Another example:
Here, of course, a lion, more, but still.
And the lamb is somehow too small, even if it is suddenly a cub:
This lamb is about the size of a cat or a big rat)
The cathedral is the Baptistery, the city of Pisa, on the facade of the cathedral there are many statues of ordinary people, as well as ATLANTS, which hold half-columns, others stand in portals:
Cathedral in the city of Pisa, the interior, the Nativity of Christ - the Mother of God and another woman of the GREATS, the archangel on the left is a GIANT, and a bunch of little people and angels:
Well, a fragment of the composition GIANTOMACHIA, Stieglitz Palace, the city of St. Petersburg:
The composition of Gigantomachia is huge in scope. But she is not alone, there is also, for example, the Pergamon version of the 2nd century BC. But more on that in the next part …
Author: Evgeny Makarov