Gallery, well, holy water font
Pillar and eastern gallery.
Here the south-eastern corner pillar of the eastern gallery of the church of St. Trophime cloister is seen from the south.
The squatting figure near the water well supports the basin of the shell-shaped holy water font.
"Cloisters, a place of prayer and contemplation, were the heart of the communal life of the canons.
The two Romanesque galleries (northern, end of the 12th century, and eastern, beginning of the 13th century) of the cloister with their bas-relief sculptures and carved capitals of an exceptional quality, are true jewels of the Romanesque art of Provence. After a pause in the construction, the last two galleries in the Gothic style (southern and western) were completed in the 14th century.
The sculpted decoration of Saint Trophime's cloisters is extremely rich and varied. Decorative carvings, ornamental or historiated, animate the consoles, the pillars and the capitals. The eastern Romanesque gallery evokes the life of Christ from the Nativity to the Passion. On the capitals in the Gothic galleries, the themes are more diversified, including local legends."
Arles, Provence.
France, 2019
Gallery, well, holy water font
Pillar and eastern gallery.
Here the south-eastern corner pillar of the eastern gallery of the church of St. Trophime cloister is seen from the south.
The squatting figure near the water well supports the basin of the shell-shaped holy water font.
"Cloisters, a place of prayer and contemplation, were the heart of the communal life of the canons.
The two Romanesque galleries (northern, end of the 12th century, and eastern, beginning of the 13th century) of the cloister with their bas-relief sculptures and carved capitals of an exceptional quality, are true jewels of the Romanesque art of Provence. After a pause in the construction, the last two galleries in the Gothic style (southern and western) were completed in the 14th century.
The sculpted decoration of Saint Trophime's cloisters is extremely rich and varied. Decorative carvings, ornamental or historiated, animate the consoles, the pillars and the capitals. The eastern Romanesque gallery evokes the life of Christ from the Nativity to the Passion. On the capitals in the Gothic galleries, the themes are more diversified, including local legends."
Arles, Provence.
France, 2019