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The Ore Mountain folk art angel figures excel in their great depiction as a small-size version. [1] The first carved angels can already be found at the end of the 15th century. To cover the increased demand for Christmas angels due to the spread of Christmas customs, turners from Seiffen developed a lathed angel figure in 1830. The figure held ...
Song of the Angels (1881) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) Angels have appeared in works of art since early Christian art, and they have been a popular subject for Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture. Ezekiel's "chariot vision", by Matthaeus Merian (1593–1650), displaying several different types of angelic creatures.
A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmas and the greater Christmas and holiday season. The traditional colors of Christmas are pine green , snow white, and heart red. Gold and silver are also prevalent, as are other metallic colours. Typical images on Christmas decorations include Baby Jesus, Mother Mary ...
The Fall of the Rebel Angels; The Fallen Angel (painting) Feast of the Rosary; Female Martyr with Two Angels; Fiesole Altarpiece; The Flight into Egypt (Poussin) The Flower Book (Edward Burne-Jones) The Fountain of Life (painting) The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne; Fragments of a Cope with the Seven ...
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The angel explains that he has a message of good news for all people, namely that "Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."
The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives in the Bible, in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and further elaborated by written, oral and artistic tradition. Christian art includes a great many representations of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child.
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