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  2. Halo (religious iconography) - Wikipedia

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    In free-standing medieval sculpture, the halo was already shown as a flat disk above or behind the head. When perspective came to be considered essential, painters also changed the halo from an aura surrounding the head, always depicted as though seen full-on, to a flat golden disk or ring that appeared in perspective, floating above the heads ...

  3. Angels in art - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Snow angel - Wikipedia

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    Snow angel left by a pheasant in Montana's Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge. Some birds (e.g. pheasants) leave on the snow a figure similar to a snow angel. Weddell seals often leave outlines of themselves, similar to a snow angel, melted into the ice; additionally, these seals can thumb their nose at the cold, leaving images called seal shadows.

  5. Glory (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Glory around the shadow of a plane. The position of the glory's centre shows that the observer was in front of the wings. A glory is an optical phenomenon, resembling an iconic saint's halo around the shadow of the observer's head, caused by sunlight or (more rarely) moonlight interacting with the tiny water droplets that comprise mist or clouds.

  6. Watchtower (magic) - Wikipedia

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    Each watchtower was attributed to a direction and an element, by the Golden Dawn. At the core of the instructions was the Angelic Table: a grid of 25x27 squares, each square containing a letter. The Angelic Table is subdivided into four lesser grids for the four elements and the four directions, bound together by the cross-shaped Tablet of Union.

  7. Angel wings - Wikipedia

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    Angel wings are a traditional sweet crisp pastry made out of dough that has been shaped into thin twisted ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Common to many European cuisines, angel wings have been incorporated into other regional cuisines (such as American cuisine) by immigrant populations.

  8. A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings - Wikipedia

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    The significance of the wings in relation to the old man's characteristics and Marquez's use of wings can be interpreted to act as a logic of supplement. [9] The wings separate this old man from the rest of the community. Even when the doctor is examining the wings they appear natural but different from the usual anatomy. [9]

  9. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    A realization using micro-versions of the aforementioned machines produces authentic distortion-free projections of such complex artificial halos. [9] [24] [25] Finally, superposition of several images and projections produced by such halo machines may be combined to create a single image. The resulting superposition image is then a ...