5 Items Tagged

Angels

Muscatine, Iowa

The Blue Angel of Greenwood Cemetery

A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.

Grande Caryatid

This stone angel is one of the biggest caryatids in all of Paris.

Maysville, Colorado

Angel of Shavano

This distinctive snowfield on the slopes of a Colorado fourteener has several legendary origin stories.

In western Bolivia and southeastern Peru, angels are armed and ready—like the one shown in this 17th-century painting, <em>Asiel Timor Dei</em>.

Decoding the Gun-Wielding Angels of Bolivia

The 'angeles arcabuceros' morphed from Catholic messengers to symbols of Indigenous independence.

Amy Crawford November 30, 2023

Cleveland, Ohio

The Haserot Angel

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.