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09:30 Jul 31, 2019 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / texto religioso | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 13:32 | ||||||
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4 +3 | Christ's rayed nimbus |
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3 | Christ's three-ray nimbus |
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3 | Crown/halo of three rays for Christ |
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Christ's rayed nimbus Explanation: In the past I've used the Spanish word and added "rays of light" in parentheses, since that is what potencias means, but looking at it again now I think you could use this term. Christ's potencias are His particular form of halo, or nimbus, to use a more technical term. They are rays that appear to emanate from His head. This form of halo or nimbus in iconography goes back to pre-Christian times, but it was particularly promoted for images of Christ in the Counter-Reformation. "Halo, also called nimbus, in art, radiant circle or disk surrounding the head of a holy person, a representation of spiritual character through the symbolism of light. In Hellenistic and Roman art the sun-god Helios and Roman emperors often appear with a crown of rays. [...] In Flemish painting of the 15th century, it began to be represented as rays of light; under the influence of the Counter-Reformation, which sought to restore a glorious conception to religious art, this form was adopted by Italian artists of the late 16th century, notably Tintoretto, as a realistically rendered light emanating from the holy person’s head. This new interpretation was the standard one in the Baroque period and in most subsequent religious works." https://www.britannica.com/art/halo-art "In Rome the halo was first used only for deceased emperors as a sign of celestial bliss, but afterwards living rulers also were given the rayed crown, and after the third century, although not first by Constantine, the simple rayed nimbus. [...] http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11080b.htm (article "Nimbus") "In portrayals of God the Father, of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost, the Trinity is often symbolized by three rays of light issuing from the head to form a rayed nimbus." George Wells Ferguson, Signs & Symbols in Christian Art https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GF4XDp-eSTwC&pg=PA149&lp... "It incorporates a fragment of the True Cross set in a rayed nimbus" https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115695/cross-pyne-benjam... "The figure of Christ is in relief and from head to foot is 14cm long. [...] The head is surrounded by a rayed nimbus" https://www.museum.ie/The-Collections/Documentation-Discover... |
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