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Saint’s Haloes and Mouse’s Ears Part III

Dec 16, 2008 | Chronicles

Or Reconciling the Irreconcilable (Or At Least Trying) The transformation of the halo signals the end of medieval art and the spread of the Renaissance view far more clearly than more commonly examined factors, perspective foremost amongst them. It accompanies the...

Saints’ Haloes and Mouse’s Ears Part II

Dec 1, 2008 | Chronicles

Or Keeping One’s Halo While Losing One’s Head Back to saints. Given that one of the essential acts of sainthood is an untimely and occasionally gruesome demise, usually in a vigorous and imaginative fashion, the question arises ; what happens to the halo when the head...