| A Closer Look: Angels Contributor(s): Langmuir, Erika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857094840 ISBN-13: 9781857094848 Publisher: National Gallery London OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Criticism & Theory - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Permanent |
| Dewey: 704.948 |
| Series: Closer Look |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Erika Langmuir examines the presence and surprisingly complicated history of angels in Christian art. She points out that angels need not be winged; they can wear antique dress, contemporary church vestments, secular fashions, armor, or nothing at all; their gender and age are uncertain; they may not even have bodies but appear only as winged heads; and they are not always good (Satan, of course, is a fallen angel). Langmuir explores these intriguing characteristics of angels by looking at some of the best-known and most engaging religious paintings in the Western tradition. |