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Angel-Warrior Monument (Russian: Памятник Ангел-воин) is a monument dedicated to Czechs and Slovaks, who were taken prisoner during World War I and Russian Civil War. It is situated in the city of Taganrog , Rostov Oblast , Russia at Taganrog Old Cemetery .
The Shigir Sculpture, or Shigir Idol (Russian: Шигирский идол), is the oldest known wooden sculpture. [1] [2] It is estimated to have been carved c. 11,500 years ago, or during the early Holocene period, and is twice as old as Egypt's Great Pyramid. [3]
The Elohist sources speak of bənē hāʾĔlōhīm ("sons of God"), manifestations of the Divine and part of the heavenly court in the Canaanite pantheon. [5] According to Genesis 6:1–4 the bənē hāʾĔlōhīm descended to earth and mated with human women and beget the Nephilim, followed by God sending down a flood clean the world from humans.
The Fallen Angel (French: L'Ange déchu) is a painting by French artist Alexandre Cabanel. It was painted in 1847, when the artist was 24 years old, and depicts the Devil after his fall from Heaven. [ 1 ]
The fallen watcher Sariel, according to the Book of Enoch, was one of the leaders of angels who lusted after the daughters of men. They descended to the summit of Mount Hermon, in the days of Jared, to acquire wives and lead men astray. [10] Sariel specifically taught men about the course of the moon. [11]
Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. [1] Its full title bestowed by the creator was The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life. [2] This was Story's last major work prior to his death, dying a year after his ...
Mourning Angel is a public monument in the Russian city of Tolyatti. It is a memorial to victims of political repression. Niyaz Azizovich Yalymov, head of the Tolyatti organization Victims of Political Repression proposed in 1999 that such a memorial be constructed. In 2000 a design competition was held.
Vrubel made all his illustrations in black watercolour; monochromaticity made it possible to emphasize the dramatic nature of the subject and made it possible to show the range of textured pursuits explored by the artist. The Demon was an archetypal "fallen angel" who simultaneously bridged men and female figures.