Angels in art

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Angels have appeared in works of art for millennia. Angel-shaped beings appear in ancient Mesopotamian and Greek art and were probably the inspiration for the popular Christian image of angels.

Angels remained a popular subject for Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture.

Several noteworthy examples are:

• The Ecstasy of S. Teresa di Avila by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xteresa.html)

• The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/annunciation.html)

• The Sopo Archangels

Angels have also become an integral part of Anime culture, particularly in fan art and webcomics.

Contents 1 Contemporary works of art with angels: 1.1 Anime and manga 1.2 Books 1.3 Comic books 1.4 Games 1.4.1 Collectible card games 1.4.2 Video and computer games 1.5 Movies 1.6 Plays 1.7 Classical music 1.8 Popular music 1.9 TV Series 1.10 Websites 2 Gallery

[edit] Contemporary works of art with angels:

[edit] Anime and manga

• Angel Sanctuary
• Angel Wars
• Chrono Crusade
• D.N.Angel
• Haibane Renmei
• Megatokyo
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Oh My Goddess!
• On Your Mark
• Pitaten
• Tenshi ni Narumon
• The Vision of Escaflowne
• X/1999
• Air

[edit] Books

• Good Omens
• His Dark Materials
• Shadowmancer
• The Vintner's Luck

[edit] Comic books

• Angelus
• Supergirl: Wings
• Fallen Angel
• Lucifer (DC Comics)

[edit] Games

• Diablo 2

[edit] Collectible card games

• Aniołowie - Fantastyczna Gra Karciana
• Heresy: Kingdom Come
• Magic: The Gathering

[edit] Video and computer games

• Final Fantasy
• Kid Icarus

[edit] Movies

• That Angel we Call Little Earl (film coming in the Summer of 2007)
• Almost an Angel
• Always (remake of A Guy Named Joe)
• Angels in the Outfield (1951 original)
• Angels in the Outfield (1994 remake)
• Angels in the Endzone
• Angels in the Infield
• Angel on My Shoulder
• The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
• Aniol w Krakowie
• Barbarella
• The Bishop's Wife
• City of Angels (an American remake of Wings of Desire)
• Clarence
• Constantine
• Date with an Angel (a reworking of I Married an Angel)
• Dogma
• Down to Earth (1947 sequel to Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• Down to Earth (2001 remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan),
• Faraway, So Close! (a sequel to Wings of Desire)
• Forever Darling
• Gabriel
• A Guy Named Joe
• Heaven Can Wait (remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• Heaven's Touch (remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan)
• The Heavenly Kid
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan
• The Horn Blows at Midnight
• I Married an Angel
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Michael
• Mr. Destiny
• One Magic Christmas
• The Preacher's Wife (a remake of The Bishop's Wife)
• The Prophecy
• Two of a Kind
• Wings of Desire

[edit] Plays

• Angels in America (later remade as an HBO mini-series)

[edit] Classical music

• Jeptha
• S' Francis d' Assis
• Don Carlos
• Angles in America (opera version)

[edit] Popular music

• "Beauty School Dropout" - sung by an angel - From the soundtrack of the 1978 film Grease, performed by Frankie Avalon
• "Number One Song In Heaven" - from the 1979 album No. 1 In Heaven by the American pop band Sparks

[edit] TV Series

• Highway to Heaven
• Touched by an Angel
• Neverwhere
• Fallen (ABC Family Miniseries)

[edit] Websites

• AngelFocus - A Study of Angels in Art by the Masters

[edit] Gallery