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Strange Angels
Angels -
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This is is interesting set of mostly paintings in which angels are
depicted. Being a Darwinian, it's hard for me to imagine such
creatures being plausible, but art has never been constrained by
scientific theories. Here is
my fantasy of what angels ought to be like. Also, here's an
unlikely group of
angels celebrating
a lesbian encounter
from 1744. BTW,
Strange Angels
is a great
song (lyrics)
by performance artist Laurie Anderson.
This is a wonderful painting of
Eos by one of my favorite Pre-Raphaelite artists Evelyn De Morgan.
Evelyn De Morgan, Eos (1895)
The painting below is of the artist's beautiful eleven year old daughter
Mary.
Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel (1889)
Sebastiano Mainardi, Virgin Adoring the Child with Two Angels
(1490's)
Meister von Moulins, Maria in der Glorie und Engel (1489-99)
This is also a beautiful painting of angels by
Bouguereau.
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