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CTyankee

(63,912 posts) Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:02 PM Feb 2022

The most beautifully dressed angel in the Bible

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mnet-001&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mnet¶m1=6246¶m2=84501&p=youtube%3A+video+on+San+Marco+Monastery+Fra+Angelico&type=type9045647-spa-6246-84501#action=view&id=10&vid=0330c0696c8061e0c89395f2367fc95d

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The most beautifully dressed angel in the Bible (Original Post) CTyankee Feb 2022 OP

Link doesn't work? Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1

I am having a problem linking this video to DU CTyankee Feb 2022 #2

I'd try to help but I can't open the link. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #4

Is this it? Glorfindel Feb 2022 #3

I've been there and you walk up the steps and THAT one is smack in front of you! CurtEastPoint Feb 2022 #7

Yes. That pink and gold dress is fabulous. Fra Angelico also mixed silica in his paint to do the CTyankee Feb 2022 #8

I think Glorfindel got it, and it's beautiful, but this one by Van Eyck Ocelot II Feb 2022 #5

That cape is stupendous. Gotta love Van Eyck. CTyankee Feb 2022 #9

I have thought about this. Something different in the approaches of the two artists in approximately CTyankee Feb 2022 #14

Lucifer dweller Feb 2022 #6

I don't know what that is.... CTyankee Feb 2022 #11

Crow Archangel Michael - Lakota Archangel Michael Donkees Feb 2022 #10

WOW! CTyankee Feb 2022 #12

Hopi Annunciation Donkees Feb 2022 #13

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)

1. Link doesn't work?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:06 PM

Feb 2022

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

2. I am having a problem linking this video to DU

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:08 PM

Feb 2022

any ideas of what I am doing wrong?

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)

4. I'd try to help but I can't open the link.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:08 PM

Feb 2022

Glorfindel

(9,729 posts)

3. Is this it?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:08 PM

Feb 2022

CurtEastPoint

(18,644 posts)

7. I've been there and you walk up the steps and THAT one is smack in front of you!

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:19 PM

Feb 2022

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

8. Yes. That pink and gold dress is fabulous. Fra Angelico also mixed silica in his paint to do the

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:20 PM

Feb 2022

angel's wings.

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)

5. I think Glorfindel got it, and it's beautiful, but this one by Van Eyck

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:13 PM

Feb 2022

is a tough act to follow:

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

9. That cape is stupendous. Gotta love Van Eyck.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #5)

Fri Feb 4, 2022, 06:24 PM

Feb 2022

CTyankee

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14. I have thought about this. Something different in the approaches of the two artists in approximately

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 8, 2022, 02:01 PM

Feb 2022

the same time period. The Van Eyck "overmatches" the Angelico in its fabric, intricate designs and heavy garments that satisfies the Christian-required elements. Angeliico's treatment, while equally religious in intent, is of course Italian. I think it has, what the Italians call "fare la bella figura" in its sentiment. Very much a stylistic difference between two cultures.