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The Beautiful Angel (1889) by Paul Gauguin. The Beautiful Angel (La Belle Angèle) is an 1889 painting by Paul Gauguin, now in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. [1] Its title derives from a nickname for its subject, Angélique Marie Satre (1868-1932) - she was one of three famous innkeepers in Pont-Aven, where the work was produced.
Normally given wings in art, angels are usually intended, in both Christian and Islamic art, to be beautiful, though several depictions go for more awe-inspiring or frightening attributes, notably in the depiction of the living creatures (which have bestial characteristics), ophanim (which are wheels) and cherubim (which have mosaic features ...
Jophiel is said to be a companion to the angel Metatron. [6] C. E. Clement, in her book Angels in Art, names Jophiel as the teacher of Ham, Japheth, and Shem. [6] Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa [10] and Thomas Rudd likewise name Jophiel as the teacher of Shem. [11] In the Anglican tradition, Jophiel is recognized as an archangel.
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The Portuguese word for "goddess," Eloa was an angel of compassion in Alfred de Vigny's epic 19th-century poem, Eloa or the Sister of Angels. She was said to have been born of the tear Christ shed ...
Tennin are mentioned in Buddhist sutras, [citation needed] and these descriptions form the basis for depictions of the beings in Japanese art, sculpture, and theater.They are usually pictured as unnaturally beautiful women dressed in ornate, colourful kimono (traditionally in five colours), exquisite jewelry, and stole-like, feathered, flowing scarves--called both Chányī/Tenne (纏衣, lit ...