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God the Father appears in several Genesis scenes in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, most famously The Creation of Adam. God the Father is depicted as a powerful figure, floating in the clouds in Titian's Assumption of the Virgin (see gallery below) in the Frari of Venice, long admired as a masterpiece of High Renaissance art. [25]
The motif of the hand, with no body attached, provides a problem for the artist in how to terminate it. In Christian narrative images the hand most often emerges from a small cloud, at or near the top of the image, but in iconic contexts it may appear cut off in the picture space, or spring from a border, or a victor's wreath (left).
Later, triangular haloes are sometimes given to God the Father to represent the Trinity. [32] When he is represented by a hand emerging from a cloud, this may be given a halo. Plain round haloes are typically used to signify saints, the Virgin Mary, Old Testament prophets, angels, symbols of the Four Evangelists, and some other figures.
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Berger des Nuages, Pastor de Nubes, or Cloud Shepherd [2] is a work of art by Jean Arp just outside the Plaza Cubierta of the University City of Caracas. Background [ edit ]
Angus Cloud was still mourning his father, Conor Hickey, when the actor died on Monday, July 31. Hickey died on May 18 after a short illness, according to a tribute shared by his former rugby club ...