A mandorla is an almond-shaped aureola, i.e. a frame that surrounds the totality of an iconographic figure. It is usually synonymous with vesica, a lens...
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bladders (swim bladder) found in most fish. In Italian, the shape's name is mandorla ("almond"). A similar shape in three dimensions is the lemon. This figure...
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The Mandorla Art Award is an Australian religious art prize, where the artists are given a theme inspired by the Christian scriptures akin to the historic...
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Summer Night (Italian: Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico, also known as Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes...
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art from before the Byzantine iconoclasm shows a standing Christ in a mandorla with a cruciform halo, flanked by standing figures of Moses on the left...
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of the mandorla, and his feet are resting on a hemisphere. His face is in a perfect axial symmetry which is framed by long hair. The mandorla is placed...
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In the West the image showed a full-length enthroned Christ, often in a mandorla or other geometrical frame, surrounded by the symbols of the Four Evangelists...
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around the head or around the whole body—this last form is often called a mandorla. Halos may be shown as almost any colour or combination of colours, but...
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Saint-André, Meistratzheim). Combines a traditional representation in a mandorla with an Art Nouveau style celestial background. Mid-20th-century window...
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meaning "bitter", which references the distinctive flavour lent by the mandorla amara or by the drupe kernel. However, the bitterness of amaretto tends...
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1391 on the decoration of the north door, later called the Porta della Mandorla. It is known that in February of 1405 Nanni was admitted into the guild...
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the apse, Christ in Majesty or Christ the Redeemer enthroned within a mandorla and framed by the four winged beasts, symbols of the Four Evangelists,...
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Bridge Work: Essays on Mythology, Literature and Psychology. Carpinteria: Mandorla Books. Wiles, David (2000). "Myth". Greek Theatre Performance: An Introduction...
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"About – The Mandorla Art Award". The Mandorla Art Award. Retrieved 26 October 2017. "Past Winners – The Mandorla Art Award". The Mandorla Art Award. Retrieved...
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Glass art Glass beadmaking Glassblowing Grisaille Lancet window Leadlight Mandorla Mullion Pontil Quatrefoil Rose window Roundel Stained glass Stained glass...
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(גַּבְרִיאֵל), Selaphiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Barachiel. Beneath the mandorla of Christ Emmanuel are representations of Cherubim (in blue) and Seraphim...
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for drapery gathered over his thighs, his full length ensconced within a mandorla of bat wings. Geefs' work replaces an earlier sculpture created for the...
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Jegudiel, Gabriel, Selaphiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, Barachiel. Beneath the mandorla of Christ-Immanuel (God is with us) are representations of Cherubim (blue)...
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full-length icon. In the early Middle Ages, it usually presented Christ in a mandorla or other geometric frame, surrounded by the Four Evangelists or their symbols...
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Nocello Nocino Rosolio Sambuca Vecchio Amaro del Capo Vespetrò Latte di mandorla Considering the large number of Italian cheeses, only the most famous ones...
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Gabriel, Selatiel, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Barachiel. Beneath the mandorla of Christ Emmanuel are representations of cherubim (blue) and seraphim...
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alternate while projecting behind the Virgin and are enclosed within a mandorla. The earliest representation of the Madonna and Child may be the wall painting...
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winding cloth, representing the soul of the Theotokos. He often has a mandorla around him. The apostles surround the bier, and the sky may have figures...
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only one fourth of the size of the original, which contained a central mandorla with the figure of Christ and four angels on each side. The style of the...
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the apse, Christ in Majesty or Christ the Redeemer enthroned within a mandorla and framed by the four winged beasts, symbols of the Four Evangelists,...
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Libin Edited by Abbi Jutkowitz Music by Jay Lifton Production companies Mandorla Productions Premiere Entertainment Distributed by Saban Films Release date...
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(Apocryphal) (c. 1250), by William de Brailes. God sits on a throne within a mandorla. The rebelling angels are depicted as falling out of heaven and into a...
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in the fifth and sixth centuries. By this time in Afghanistan the halo/mandorla had become quite common and is the format that took hold at Central Asian...
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and Umbria made with tagliatelle, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar Mandorla riccia di Francavilla Fontana [it] Almonds coated in sugar and lemon, originally...
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