- A
mandorla is an almond-shaped aureola, i.e. a
frame that
surrounds the
totality of an
iconographic figure. It is
usually synonymous with vesica, a lens...
-
refers to the
almond like shape: "
mandorla"
means almond nut in Italian. In
icons of the
Eastern Orthodox Church, the
mandorla is used to
depict sacred moments...
- The
Mandorla Art
Award is an
Australian religious art prize,
where the
artists are
given a
theme inspired by the
Christian scriptures akin to the historic...
-
bladders (swim bladder)
found in most fish. In Italian, the shape's name is
mandorla ("almond"). A
similar shape in
three dimensions is the lemon. This figure...
- of the
mandorla, and his feet are
resting on a hemisphere. His face is in a
perfect axial symmetry which is
framed by long hair. The
mandorla is placed...
- In the West the
image showed a full-length
enthroned Christ,
often in a
mandorla or
other geometrical frame,
surrounded by the
symbols of the Four Evangelists...
-
around the head or
around the
whole body—this last form is
often called a
mandorla.
Halos may be
shown as
almost any
colour or
combination of colours, but...
-
Summer Night (Italian:
Notte d'estate con
profilo greco,
occhi a
mandorla e
odore di basilico, also
known as
Summer Night with Gr**** Profile,
Almond Eyes...
- art from
before the
Byzantine iconoclasm shows a
standing Christ in a
mandorla with a
cruciform halo,
flanked by
standing figures of
Moses on the left...
-
western Europe in the 12th century.
Ecclesiastical seals are
frequently mandorla-shaped, as in the
shape of an almond, also
known as vesica-shaped. The...
