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Rees, Valery

 
9781784534318: From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels

Sinopsis

For sceptics, angels may be no more than metaphors: poetic devices to convey, at least for those with a religious sensibility, an active divine interest in creation. But for others, angels are absolutely real creatures: manifestations of cosmic power with the capacity either to enlighten or annihilate those whose awestruck paths they cross. Valery Rees offers the first comprehensive history of these beautiful, enigmatic and sometimes dangerous beings, whose existence and actions have been charted across the eons of time and civilization.Whether exploring the fevered visions of Ezekiel and biblical cherubim; Persian genii; Arab djinn; Islamic archangels; the austere and haunting icons of Andrei Rublev; or Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire and the more benign idea of the watchful guardian angel, the author shows that the ubiquity of these celestial messengers reveals something profound, if not about God or the devil, then about ourselves: our perennial preoccupation with the transcendent.

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Valery Rees, a prominent scholar of the Renaissance, is a Senior Member of the School of Economic Science in London, UK.

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9781848853720: From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels

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ISBN 10:  1848853726 ISBN 13:  9781848853720
Editorial: I.B. Tauris, 2012
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