ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANDORLA
From Italian, literally: almond, from Late Latin amandula.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANDORLA»
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The Mandala Workbook: A Creative Guide for Self-Exploration, ...
MANDORLA MANDALA Materials You'll Need: Basic Art Materials (see page 36)
The word mandorla is Italian for “almond.” A mandorla is created by the
intersection of two circles. Mandorlas represent the coming together of two
essentially ...
2
The Artist as Professional in Japan
THE MANDORLA INSCRIPTION AND ITS PROBLEMS The Shaka Triad is
backed by a very large mandorla that serves for all three figures, the central
Buddha and the two flanking bodhisattvas. This mandorla has in its center the
lotiform halo ...
3
Texts and Responses: Studies Presented to Nahum N. Glatzer ...
The two figures are within a mandorla surrounded by four angels. Andre1 Grabar
observes that the image of the Virgin and Child within a mandorla of light is
probably of early Christian origin though there are no extant examples from this ...
Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Michael A. Fishbane, Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, 1975
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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 3: The ...
Unlike the mandorla of the Ching-ch'uan image, those from the Hopei regional
images all appear to have a sharp triangular tip at the very top (Figs. 2.8 and 2.9).
This is probably a regional experimental style which may well be the early stages
...
5
Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks ...
The almond-shaped mandorla was a kind of expanded nimbus, extending round
the whole body of Christ instead of enclosing merely his head. The figure on the
Venetian ducat is the Christ of the Ascension; similarly surrounded by stars, it is ...
Dumbarton Oaks, Philip Grierson, Alfred Raymond Bellinger, 1999
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Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in ...
Detail of back of Buddha's mandorla on larger altar showing that the apsaras are
integral to the mandorla (cat. no. 7a) head, the perforations in the mandorla were
also positioned off-center. On the smaller altar, two tangs suflice to secure the ...
Denise Patry Leidy, Donna K. Strahan, Lawrence Becker, 2010
In the middle of the garland of eight angels (as it was very appropriately called)
was a copper mandorla or circle of lights, hollowed out and perforated with a
number of holes which contained some small lamps attached to iron tubes; when
a ...
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The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and ...
In the midst of this cluster of eight angels—for so was it rightly called—was a
mandorla of copper, hollow within, wherein were many holes showing certain
little lamps fixed on iron bars in the form of tubes; which lamps, on the touching of
a ...
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Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors, and architects
it very appropriately called), was a halo or glory {Mandorla) of copper, wherein
were numerous perforations, displaying small lamps placed on an iron in the
form of a tube, which, on the pressing down of a spring, was concealed within the
...
Brotzu R. Studio energetico della colonna dorsolombare. La Mandorla 2001 Sep;
18:. Brotzu R. Il sonno ed i sogni: l'interpretazione in base ai testi di medicina
tradizionale cinese e confronto con la psicologia dinamica. La Mandorla 2002
Sep ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANDORLA»
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mandorla is used in the context of the following news items.
Gilt-bronze Pensive Maitreya Bodhisattva
There is a peg behind the head, showing that the deity once had a mandorla (Buddhist halo of light). With a simple, balanced body and realistic ... «Korea JoongAng Daily, Jul 15»
Fragranze novità de L'Artisan Parfumeur
Con il Latte Idratante al burro di karité, olio di oliva, mandorla dolce ed estratto di semi di zucca, la pelle appare reidratata e satinata, ... «vera classe, Jun 15»
As the world churns, or why now's the time to crank up the ice cream …
... and “Big Gay Ice Cream” (Orange-Tequila Caramel; Maple-Biscoff Shake) and “No-Churn Ice Cream,” by Leslie Bilderback (Mandorla Gelato ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
2016 Mandorla Art Award entries now open
Paul Kaptein's hand-carved piece, Untitled, was the winner of last year's Mandorla Art Award. The Scripture theme was Elijah Meets God. «TheRecord.com.au, Jun 15»
Acorelle Gommage Stimulant Bio
Il potere esfoliante del Gommage Stimulant è dato dal trito di mandorla e nocciolo di albicocca che riescono ad esercitare un'azione ... «MakeUpWorld, Jun 15»
Come ho conosciuto Angela e le tortine alla mandorla di Nora
Oggi un post speciale, per me, perché parla di incontri, di generosità, di donne e di un libro, Racconti di cucina di Angela Frenda. «Corriere della Sera, Jun 15»
Icon, Michurin, Bulgaria, 16C
... Byzantine Icon for the Feast of the Ascension shows the Lord Jesus robed in bright colours ascending to heaven seated within a mandorla, ... «Independent Catholic News, May 15»
Howard Reich
Flutist Nicole Mitchell looks into the future with 'Mandorla Awakening'. Howard Reich. Everyone in jazz knows that former Chicagoan Nicole ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
Review: World premieres spotlight women of the AACM
Featuring an expanded version of her long-running Black Earth Ensemble plus accompanying video footage by Ulysses Jenkins, "Mandorla ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
Presentation of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
The scene is enclosed in a mandorla, an element typical of ancient and medieval iconography, that recalls the coexistence of the two natures, ... «Catholic World Report, May 15»
