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2. Angels in art - Wikipedia

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   Angels in art. Ezekiel's "chariot vision", by Matthaeus Merian (1593–1650), displaying several different types of angelic creatures. 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. Normally given wings in art, angels are usually intended ...

3. History of angels in art - Wikipedia

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   The use of winged angels in art spans several millennia and cuts across multiple cultures, with each culture associating these ethereal figures with various aspects. For instance, in the ancient Assyrian culture, there was a protective deity labelled lamassu. A lamassu is a hybrid figure that contains part human on the head, part bovine lion on ...

4. Virgin and Child with an Angel (Botticelli, Florence) - Wikipedia

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   The Madonna and Child with an Angel is a painting executed c. 1465–1467 by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. It is housed in Spedale degli Innocenti of Florence . A majority of Botticelli's works date to the 1480s. [1] This painting, one of Botticelli's earliest, reveals Botticelli's close artistic relationship with his ...

5. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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   Halo (religious iconography) A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk'; [ 1][ 2] also called a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole ( Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory') is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light [ 3] that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many ...

6. Archangel Michael in Christian art - Wikipedia

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   Quis et Deus is inscribed on his shield. Archangel Michael may be depicted in Christian art alone or with other angels such as Gabriel or saints. Some depictions with Gabriel date back to the 8th century, e.g. the stone casket at Notre Dame de Mortain church in France. [ 1] He is very often present in scenes of the Last Judgement, but few other ...

7. Angelus Novus - Wikipedia

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   1920. Type. monoprint. Dimensions. 31.8 cm × 24.2 cm (12.5 in × 9.5 in) Location. Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Angelus Novus (New Angel) is a 1920 monoprint by the Swiss-German artist Paul Klee, using the oil transfer method he invented. It is now in the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem .