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The Colour of Angels uncovers the gender politics behind our attitude to the senses. Using a wide variety of examples, ranging from the sensuous religious visions of the middle ages through to nineteenth-century art movements, this book reveals a previously unexplored area of womens history.
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- Constance Classen
Many ancient religions ascribed significant roles to stars by associating them with a variety of spiritual beings, including gods, angels, and demons. The Sumerians, for example believed that the heavens were the realm of the gods, while the Assyrians and Babylonians...
- David Bradnick
- 2013
The book is divided into three parts - cosmology, gender and aesthetic - and explores topics ranging from the sensuous visions of St Hildegard of Bingen to the gender codes of Renaissance...
Nov 23, 2014 · Everyone believed in angels in Greece and Rome; they were part of the accepted cosmology. But the question was: Can we trust these invisible forces of the universe that are moving planets and the elements?
A fascinating overview of the cosmology angels featuring writings from three main sources of angel lore: Dionysius, Hildegard of Bingen, and Thomas Aquinas. The authors describe the nature of angels, drawing parallels along the way with modern scientific understandings of the Universe, especially recent discoveries in the realm of physics.
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- Paperback
The book is divided into three parts cosmology, gender and aesthetics - and uses a wide variety of examples, from the sensuous religious visions of the middle ages to 19th-century art...
ISBN: 978–88–222–5974–5. This volume analyzes the theme of angelology in Dante’s Divine Comedy, assigning the angels a central meaning in the interpretation of the poem’s structure and poetics.
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