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Angel Words and Art

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Belief in angels has flourished for thousands of years, in a wide variety of religions and in many cultures. This site is dedicated to the most beautiful art and writings inspired by angels from ancient times to the present day.

• Added on: Nov 13th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Kathleen Gresham
• Listed in: Arts Non-Fiction
• Tags: art literature angels Quotations spiritual beliefs divine messengers

Recent Posts

• Guardian Angel in the Mosque

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 00:48 in Islam, muslims, mosque, guardian angels, james tissot, angel inspiration

  Dion Fortune, an early 20th century British author and metaphysical teacher, wrote that all religions have spiritual guardians, and living religions have especially powerful guardians. It is wonderfully inspiring to see the angel art of many cultures...

• African-American Children with Guardian Angel—BYBS

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 12:30 in guardian angels, guardian angel, black angel, african american children, african american angel, afroamerican angel

  Here is another of the beloved guardian angel paintings, this one of African American children with an angel who appears African American, too. Angels are visualized by every people in their own way. In fact, it is sometimes hard to be sure whether t...

• Botticelli Angel | BYBS

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 10:50 in renaissance art, italian renaissance, angel inspiration, renaissance angels, botticelli angels, coronation of mary

  Botticelli angels are some of the loveliest in all of Italian Renaissance art. Their faces are beautiful and innocent, painted by the same  master who created the iconic Botticelli Venus, rising from the sea on a shell. This angel, a detail from a p...

• Annunciation Angel by Garofalo, Italian Renaissance | BYBS

  Posted on Sunday July 5th, 2009 at 08:47 in virgin mary, renaissance art, garofalo, angel inspiration, renaissance angels, annunciation angel

  Annunciation angels were among the most popular subjects for angel art during the Italian Renaissance. There seem to be more of them than any other angels in classical Renaissance Christian religious art. In this painting by Garofalo, an angel announ...

• Angel of Peace with Olive Branch | BYBS

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 14:07 in Netherlands, hans memling, renaissance art, angel art, rogier van der weyden, northern renaissance, dutch renaissance, olive branch, angel inspiration, renaissance angels, angel of peace, hans memlinc

  This angel of peace in a painting by Netherlandish (Dutch) painter Hans Memling has a sweet, serene face, a white robe, and small white wings. Interestingly he also has a black pouch slung over his shoulder. What is in it? The angel holds an olive br...

• Choir of Angels | BYBS

  Posted on Sunday April 19th, 2009 at 13:24 in nativity, angel wings, renaissance art, angel art, angel host, italian renaissance art, angel choir, renaisssance angels

  This little choir of angels is from a painting fragment, probably of a nativity painting from the early Italian Renaissance. The name of the artist is not known. Notice the different colored angel wings, which look more like bird wings than the huge...

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Plamen Ivanov

Good site. Well done.

Posted: August 22nd, 2009 | More Reviews From patco | Report This Comment

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