i write creatively light verse of allegories and satire using six questions who, what, when, where, why and how.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Evolution of Angels:An angel takes Christmas-y form on a 14th-century Italian chapel wall.
'Tis the season for winged humanoids to alight everywhere from store windows to Christmas tree tops to lingerie runways. But it wasn't always so.
Angels, at least the Christian variety, haven't always been flying people in diaphanous gowns. And their various forms—from disembodied minds to feathered guardians—reflect twists and turns of thousands of years of religious thought, according to an upcoming book.
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