Friday, 7 June 2019

Naked women in the cathedral of Toledo


This is medieval stained glass in the higher windows. Possibly the reason why there is so much nudity there, is that the windows are so high that one can hardly see what is pictured there. Unless, of course, one has binoculars or a telephoto lens (neither of which were in existence at the time the window was made).
It is interesting that in Gothic cathedrals the meticulously made stained glass windows were so high that practically nobody could see them. Perhaps they were made not for the glory of men but for the glory of God, who could see them. 
Of course the cathedral in Toledo is a place where tourists go to see paintings of El Greco, not naked women in some stained glass windows.










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