Winged angel in gold and blue standing on clouds – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: Winged angel in gold and blue standing on clouds, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Winged angel in gold and blue standing on clouds
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A winged angel in gold and blue, shown standing on a bank of clouds, places this piece in the long European tradition of angelic figures used in devotional and decorative art. Gold and blue were prized colors for sacred subjects: gold suggested heaven and divine light, while blue, often costly to produce, signaled holiness and the Virgin. Angels standing on clouds became a common visual shorthand for the heavenly realm from the medieval period onward, and by the 19th and early 20th centuries such figures also appeared on greeting cards, church decorations and household ornaments. Look closely at the wings and drapery, which show how the artist balanced solemn religious meaning with a more ornamental, celebratory style.
| Original scan | 637 × 943 px |
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| Reference | Angels003 |
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