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Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra, Sergiyev Posad. The Trinity ( Russian: Троица, romanized : Troitsa, also called The Hospitality of Abraham) is an icon created by Russian painter Andrei Rublev in the early 15th century. [ 1] It is his most famous work [ 2] and the most famous of all Russian icons, [ 3] and it is regarded as one of the ...
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 .
Auf zarten Saiten by Ephraim Moses Lilien, 1900. 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. Normally given wings in art, angels are usually intended, in both Christian ...
Publication date. 1946. The Littlest Angel is an American children's book by Charles Tazewell. It was first published in 1946, illustrated by Katherine Evans. It was reissued with different illustrators in 1962 and 1991. All the versions were published by Children's Press Inc. As of 2001 it was the fifteenth best-selling children's book of all ...
The Santa Trinita Maestà (Italian: Maestà di Santa Trinita) is a panel painting by the Italian medieval artist Cimabue, dating to c. 1288 -1292. Originally painted for the church of Santa Trinita, Florence, where it remained until 1471, it is now in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy. It represents the Madonna enthroned with the Baby Jesus ...
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 religions to indicate holy or sacred ...
Annunciation in Christian art. The Virgin shrinks back in reluctance in the Annunciation with Sts. Margaret and Ansanus, by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, 1333. The Annunciation has been one of the most frequent subjects of Christian art. [1] [2] Depictions of the Annunciation go back to early Christianity, with the Priscilla catacomb in Rome ...
The Jewish angelic hierarchy is established in the Hebrew Bible, Talmud, Rabbinic literature, and traditional Jewish liturgy. They are categorized in different hierarchies proposed by various theologians. For example, Maimonides, in his Mishneh Torah or Yad ha-Chazakah: Yesodei ha-Torah, counts ten ranks of angels . Rank. Angelic Class. Notes. 1.