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A Closer Look: Angels Erika Langmuir

A Closer Look: Angels By Erika Langmuir

A Closer Look: Angels by Erika Langmuir


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Summary

Angels are an integral part of Christian art, performing a multitude of roles. Massed together they may form a heavenly choir, glorifying the Virgin Mary or commenting on the surrounding action. This guide helps readers identify angels and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections.

A Closer Look: Angels Summary

A Closer Look: Angels by Erika Langmuir

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.



Published by the National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

About Erika Langmuir

Erika Langmuir, OBE, was Head of Education at the National Gallery, London, and is the author of many books, including Masterpieces and The National Gallery Companion Guide.

Additional information

GOR003240302
9781857094848
1857094840
A Closer Look: Angels by Erika Langmuir
Used - Very Good
Paperback
National Gallery Company Ltd
20100624
96
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