Simply divine
Looking lovely and pure, peeking out from behind the clouds and forever doing good deeds, angels have forever been a favorite subject of artists. This selection of sculptures, ceramics, frescoes, paintings, drawings, and illustrations, by the greatest masters from antiquity through the Renaissance, explores the many ways angels have been depicted throughout history.
Looking lovely and pure, peeking out from behind the clouds and forever doing good deeds, angels have forever been a favorite subject of artists. This selection of sculptures, ceramics, frescoes, paintings, drawings, and illustrations, by the greatest masters from antiquity through the Renaissance, explores the many ways angels have been depicted throughout history.
The author:
Gilles Neret is an art historian, journalist, and writer. He has organized several retrospectives in Japan, including exhibitions on Renoir, Gauguin, Leger, Dali and the Impressionists. He was awarded the Elie Faure prize in 1981 for his series "A l'ecole des grandspeintres". He is the editor of TASCHEN'S catalogues raisonnes of the works of Monet and Velazquez, as well as the author of Erotica Universalis.
Gilles Neret is an art historian, journalist, and writer. He has organized several retrospectives in Japan, including exhibitions on Renoir, Gauguin, Leger, Dali and the Impressionists. He was awarded the Elie Faure prize in 1981 for his series "A l'ecole des grandspeintres". He is the editor of TASCHEN'S catalogues raisonnes of the works of Monet and Velazquez, as well as the author of Erotica Universalis.
