A brilliantly illustrated concise work on angels in art, religion, and literature. Angels are ineffable, invisible, and undefined creations that permeate the frameworks of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as nearly every religious tradition. In popular culture, angels are often confined to clichéd images of chubby babies with wings or guardians with robes, halos, and harps. In contrast, in scriptures, when one of the heavenly choirs appears, it usually declares “Fear not!” as terror is often the most appropriate reaction to these supernatural entities. Angels often are not what we expect, but it is precisely in this transcendent encounter that something of the strange nature of existence may be expressed. "Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology" is a continuation of "Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology" and offers a retrospective on angelic hierarchies as they have been understood throughout the ages and cultures, as well as on personalities like the archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Uriel, who have marked Western mythology.
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- ABRAMS
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- English
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- Soft
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- Theory & History of Art
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- 9781419767579
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