# art preraphaelite angels edgarallanpoe

The whole topic of Angels is endlessly fascinating! If I had to pick, I think I would go with Archangels - for their strength and incomparable battle abilities!
'Archangel Michael' - Guido Reni (1636).

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2018-02-25

E.M. Lilien (1874-1925) was a Jewish artist, born in Galicia, who was very influential in the Israeli art movement. His drawings of angels were particularly beautiful.

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2018-02-18

In the hierarchy of Angels the Thrones are envisaged as 2 fiery wheels with four eye filled wings. This motif may have given rise to the Victorian Angels with butterfly wings containing eyes. Seen here as entertainment in a Vaudeville show.

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2018-02-13

Angel Footfalls, illustrations from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1846.

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2018-02-12

Illustration from 'The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie' - Arthur Rackham, 1910. Based on works by Richard Wagner; here - Brünnhilde brings Sieglinde to her surprised sisters & begs the Valkyries for help.

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2018-02-09

The Flower Book by Sir Edward Burne-Jones - we have so many to choose from!
For prints see https://t.co/J36woqi69F

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2018-02-08

How many wings does an angel have? Sounds like trick question no. 2, but in angel lore cherubim usually have 4 wings (sometimes 6) and 4 faces - lion, eagle, ox and human). Their body & wings are full of eyes.

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2018-02-04