November 30th, 2008 by Kathleen
For our family, thanksgiving this year was one of the nicest ever. It was a great blessing just to be with the family and enjoy wonderful holiday food. I hope you were equally blessed.
Here are some angels for Thanksgiving. The rich colors of their robes just seemed appropriate somehow. I hope you like them as much as I do.
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Thanksgiving angels in richly colored robes.
There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.
—Pope Gregory The Great
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November 23rd, 2008 by Kathleen
The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Angel Art Print
Thayer, Abbott…
20 in. x 28 in.
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I started this site in the hopes that others would find it uplifting and inspiring. But it is turning out to be a great blessing for me. I hope it is for you, too.
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November 19th, 2008 by Kathleen
Gazing at this beautiful painting by Abbot Thayer, one cannot help but wonder…
If the angels ever slept, what would they dream?
How beautiful would be the dreams of angels?
Can you imagine them?
Try.
Winged Figure, an Art Print by Thayer, Abbott…
23.625 in. x 31.5 in.
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November 16th, 2008 by Kathleen
Today I’m grateful for being able to share visions and ideas on the Internet. One way I do that is by creating blogs like this one on angels. Another way is by joining Blog Your Blessings Sunday and posting about blessings each Sunday. If you would like to do the same, you can find information on joining on the Blog Your Blessings page of the NeoBlue Panther blog.
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November 15th, 2008 by Kathleen
Virgin with Angels, painted by William Bougereau in 1900, depicts the beautiful white-robed, white-winged angels that most of us expect. Bougereau’s angels have sweet faces and generally look like pretty young girls.
Virgin with Angels by William Bougereau
As you will see in other articles, angels have been depicted in many different guises over the centuries. Medieval and Renaissance angels were often shown in very expensive, aristocratic clothing worn by the wealthiest people of the artist’s time period and region.
The fabrics were rich and often quite heavy looking. The colors were intense and often quite deep. Often the garments appear to be embroidered with gold and gems.
In contrast to Bougereau’s delicate angels, often the angels in Medieval and Renaissance art appear to be male and wear solemn, even stern, facial expressions. In the customs of the time, some of them were probably modeled on the children or protogees of the artists’ wealthy patrons.
Even more startling are depictions of the avenging angels wearing metal armor and brandishing swords.
And that’s just in Europe! In the future I hope to show examples of angels from other cultures, in beautiful images that may look very unfamiliar to western eyes.
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November 14th, 2008 by Kathleen
Spanish painter Francisco de Zurburan (1598-1664) painted The Annunciation in oils on canvas. Notice that the angel has gray wings. Angels with dark or brightly colored wings were quite common until sometime in the 1800s. Some angels even had butterfly wings.
The angel Gabriel, a detail from Francisco de Zurburan
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November 9th, 2008 by Kathleen
Reputation is what men and women think of us.
Character is what God and the angels know of us.
—Thomas Paine
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November 3rd, 2008 by Kathleen
Make friends with the angels,
who though invisible are always with you….
Often invoke them,
constantly praise them,
and make good use of their help and assistance
in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
—Saint Francis de Sales
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