The Mentor: Angels in Art, Vol. 1, Num. 40

Van Dyke, John C. · 1932

ANGEL WITH VIOLIN Melozzo da Forlì ANGEL CHOIR Benozzo Gozzoli ANGEL OF ANNUNCIATION Burne-Jones MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ANGELS Bellini ANGEL WITH LUTE Carpaccio SAINT MICHAEL Perugino "Paint an angel!" exclaimed Courbet (koor-bay´) the realist to a pupil who one day asked him how it should be done. "When did you ever see an angel?" The abashed pupil had to admit that he had never had the good fortune to see one. "Very well, then, you had better paint the portrait of your grandfather, whom you see every day." The advice to keep his head out of the clouds while his feet were on earth may have been needed…

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