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The angel Moroni sits atop the Salt Lake Temple. According to Mormon faith, Moroni was the one who visited Joseph Smith Jr. and led him to the golden plates...
Background: Hero Arts:music, silhouette ivy
Angel: Stampington
inks: distress
i couldn´t wait to use my new music background.
i think the ivy silhouette is very usable for the holiday season.love this stamp too.
and the angel is one of my favourites too...
Today´s weather is perfect to sit in the kitchen...stamping and drinking a good cup of chai tea.love it!!!sending greetings to all.Have a nice sunday!!!
Cementerio de Comillas situado sobre ruinas góticas de lo que fuera la iglesia del pueblo. El arquitecto fue Doménech y el ángel blanco es obra de Josep Limona.
This angel was a gift from my sister-in-law. She looks like a child and is holding a heart. Very sweet!
«Àngels a Amèrica. S’acosta el mil·lenni (1) / Perestroika (2)», de Tony Kushner.
Traducció i adaptació: Albert Arribas.
Intèrprets:Joan Amargós, Pere Arquillué, Quim Àvila, Clàudia Benito, Raquel Ferri, Eduardo Lloveras, Vicky Peña, Òscar Rabadan, Joan Solé i Júlia Truyol.
Amb La Kompanyia Lliure
Direcció: David Selvas
Sala Fabià Puigserver
Teatre Lliure Montjuïc
Barcelona, 25 octubre 2018
© Felipe Mena
This is my neighbor's cat, Angel, who, despite the growling and hissing from my cat, has decided to make a second home for herself in my backyard.
Angel's Wings
(Pleurocybella porrigens)
Elevation 730 meters (2400 feet)
trail to Upper Lena Lake
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The west window at Birmingham Cathedral is one of the masterpieces of Sir Edward Burne Jones and part of a set of four superb windows created for this church in the 1880s by Morris & Co.
Christ is shown in Glory above, seated in judgement and surrounded by gorgeous angels in rich reds and pinks.
Below a crowd of people awaits their fate, some looking distressed or in awe at the sight of the heavenly judgement coming down to them. This is perhaps the most dramatic of all Victorian windows and a magnificent testimony to Burne Jones's skill in the church he was baptised in.
Birmingham's church of St Philip was designed by Thomas Archer in 1709 and largely finished by 1715 (the tower being completed 1725). The original stone weathered badly so the exterior was entirely refaced in the 1860s (though the tower had to wait till 1958) and a new larger chancel replaced Archer's shallow apse at the east end in 1883-4 (by J.A, Chatwin).
The church was designated as the cathedral of the new Birmingham Diocese in 1905 and is one of the only 'parish church cathedrals' which hasn't undergone any structural alteration since its change in status. It does still possess the feel of a grand city church, rather than a cathedral in the true sense.
The real treasure of this church however is revealed within, as the interior is dominated by four superb stained glass windows by Edward Burne Jones dating from the 1880s (three in the apse, one at the west end). These are perhaps Burne Jones's finest achievements, and intentionally so, for it was in this very church the artist was baptised.
Un ángel es un ser espiritual que asiste y sirve al Dios o dioses de algunas religiones tradicionales. La palabra se origina del latín angelus, a su vez derivado del griego αγγελος, ággelos, que significa "mensajero" (la partícula gg se pronuncia "ng" en griego). El palabra hebrea más parecida a ángel es מלאך, mal'ach, que también significa mensajero.
Angel Trujillo, posado o robado.
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Esta en Málaga, realizando un evento.
Model: Angel Wen
Date: 12 April 2012
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One of the 15th century angel figures adorning the hammerbeam roof over the nave of Wymondham Abbey church.
So many of our great monastic churches have faded into oblivion as a result of their suppression and plunder for the greed of Henry VIII and his henchmen, perhaps the biggest single blow to our heritage of all time. How fortunate then that a few slipped through the net and remain with us in some form today, incomplete but still glorious fragments.
Wymondham Abbey is just such a place, one of those cathedral-sized churches that survived because it was partially in parochial use, and thus withstood the dismantling of the monastic complex after it was dissolved. Here the great church was more physically divided than most, the nave being under the control of the townsfolk, the eastern parts for the exclusive use of the monks. The nave with its enormous west tower thus remains as Wymondham's parish church, one of the grandest in the country, whilst the monks choir of course fell victim to to the Dissolution and was quarried away soon afterwards leaving only the soaring octagonal central tower, a hollow shell with a great arch open on its eastern side (where formerly it connected to the choir). The church thus has a unique profile, the great main vessel with a mighty tower at either end, a sight that had tantalised me from a distance on several journeys in the area over the years, but never got to experience from close quarters until now.
The sight of the two great late medieval towers dominating their surroundings is an unforgettable sight, and is all the more dramatic when approaching from the east as the ruined central tower appears to be of almost equal size from this direction, but in reality is significantly smaller than the great bulk that literally towers over the west end. The ruinous sections adjoining the east end of the nave have recently been imaginatively incorporated into modern extensions that increase the church's working space quite effectively. Entry to the great nave that links the towers is by a handsome vaulted porch on the north side.
Externally most of the building implies a 15th century or later date, but within the impression is quite different, as most of what we see is still the original 12th century Norman structure with its solid piers and round arches. The clerestorey above and the aisle walls were clearly rebuilt and enlarged in the 15th century (hence the Norman work fails to register from outside), at which stage the astonishing angel roof was added (retaining its carved enrichments in the form of stellar bosses and large wooden angel carvings, happily far out of the reach of iconoclasts). The north aisle is also adorned with a fine richly carved late medieval roof and is substantially wider than its counterpart to the south.
The most notable furnishings are of rather more recent date, the great 1920s reredos and tester by Sir Ninian Comper that adorns the east wall (which was blocked before the Dissolution to divide the people's church from that of the monks). It is a glorious splash of gilding and coloured sculpture and forms a fitting climax and focal point to the interior in place of what would otherwise have been a featureless wall.
There is much to enjoy here but above all it is the architecture and its embellishments that make a visit here so memorable. I had waited many years to finally experience this building for myself and it did not disappoint! The church is normally open to visitors most days and I was made very welcome here. I loved it and urge others to come and see this remarkable place for themselves!
For more history and detail of the Wymondham Abbey see its entry on the Norfolk Churches site below:-
French poster postcard by Sonis, no. C. 1678. Image: Europacorp / TFI Films Production / Appoulai Prod. Poster for Angel-A (Luc Besson, 2005).
Luc Besson (1959) is a French film director, writer and producer associated with the 'Cinéma du Look' film movement. Eight of his 50 films are among the 100 most successful French films in the world. He made a name for himself with his first films, Le Dernier Combat (1983) and Subway (1985). He then triumphed at the French box office with Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue (1988), which sold more than 9 million tickets and gave him an international reputation. Then followed a string of successful films: Nikita (1990), Léon (1994), Le Cinquième Élément/The Fifth Element (1997), for which he won a César for Best Director, and Jeanne d'Arc/The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). After several failures, he returned to international success with Lucy (2014), which became the biggest successful French film worldwide. Among his other major commercial successes are three film series: Taxi (1998–2007), Taken (2008-2014), and Le Transporteur/The Transporter (2002–2008).
Luc Paul Maurice Besson was born in Paris in 1959. He was the son of two Club Méditerranée scuba diving instructors in Greece and former Yugoslavia. Luc planned to become a marine biologist. The family returned to France when he was 10. His parents divorced, and both remarried. At age 17, Besson had a diving accident that left him unable to dive and finished his dream of becoming a marine biologist. He decided to go for a film career. Besson soon made his first short film and wrote the first versions of what would grow into his films Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue (1988) and the Sci-Fi epic Le Cinquième Élément/The Fifth Element (1997). From 1976 to 1982, Besson did various jobs in the film industry and was an assistant to directors including Claude Faraldo and Patrick Grandperret. He directed three short films, a commissioned documentary, and several commercials. In the early 1980s, Besson met Éric Serra and asked him to compose the score for his first short film, L'Avant dernier. He subsequently had Serra compose for other films. For three years, he worked in Hollywood. Then Besson debuted with Le Dernier Combat/The Last Battle (1983), a post-apocalyptic drama with similarities to Mad Max, co-written with Pierre Jolivet. Inspired by Chris Marker's La Jetée (1962), Besson filmed it in CinemaScope and black and white and without dialogue. It features Jean Reno's first prominent role. Reno later appeared in several films by Besson, including Subway (1985), Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue (1988), La Femme Nikita (1990), and Léon (1994). Le Dernier Combat won an award at the Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival in 1983. That same year, Besson directed Isabelle Adjani's video clip, Pull Marine. He signed a contract with Gaumont and two years later directed Subway (1985), starring Isabelle Adjani and Christophe Lambert. The film imposed a cartoon-like world of music videos and when it was presented at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, where it was shown out of competition, some of the public hissed at the film's advertising-like style. However, the film won three Césars and was a huge box office hit. Then Besson had his breakthrough in France with Le grand bleu/The Big Blue (1988). Critics counted him among the French movement ‘Cinema du Look’, with a strong focus on art direction. Le Grand Bleu/The Big Blue and his later film Le Cinquième Élément/The Fifth Element (1997), are seen as examples of this movement and as Hollywood productions from France. Besson fought against the rules and beliefs imposed by French film producers and distributors. |He wanted to show that French cinema was capable of more than what he considered pseudo-intellectual films. Through his films, he wanted to show how the French film industry could compete against Hollywood, by making films that cut across French and American cultures. The producer co-financed the films, shot his films in English and left control with the director. Eventually, he got his own production company: Les Films De Dauphins, he designed a lightweight camera and developed the use of the Louma crane.
In 1980, near the beginning of his career, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, which later, in 1990 was renamed Les Films du Dauphin. It was followed by a second company in 1992, called Leeloo Productions. With his thriller Nikita/La Femme Nikita (1990) starring Anne Parillaud, he made again a hyper-violent, stylised and visually present film about a society in decline. His sixth film was the action-thriller Léon/Léon: The Professional (1994) starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman in her film debut. The plot centres on a professional hitman who reluctantly takes in a twelve-year-old girl after her family is murdered by a corrupt agent. Besson gave the film an emotional undertone and added conscience and hope to the violence. The exterior shots were filmed in New York and most of the interior shots were in France. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and brought him international recognition. In 1997, he moved to Los Angeles with his wife, actress Maïwenn, and their daughter Shanna, to work with Gaumont on what was to become the biggest commercial success for a French film in the United States, Le Cinquième Élément/The Fifth Element (1997), starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, and Milla Jovovich. The success was later surpassed by his production Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008). The film's sets and creatures were designed by Moebius and Jean-Claude Mézières, and the costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier. The film won him the César for Best Director in 1998, and Milla Jovovich soon became his new wife. In 1998, Besson supervised the action comedy Taxi directed by Gérard Pirès. Besson's first production as a non-director, the film was a success. Meanwhile, Jeanne d'Arc/The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), his new version of Joan of Arc, attracted three million cinema-goers. Jeanne d'Arc was played by Milla Jovovich, from whom he divorced the year the film was released. At the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, he was appointed President of the Jury.
In the 2000s, Luc Besson seemed to give up directing and to become a full-time producer. He and longtime collaborator Pierre-Ange Le Pogam changed the name of the film company from Leeloo Productions to EuropaCorp, They wanted to develop a new trend in mainstream cinema based on successful films such as the Taxi series (1998–2007), the Transporter series (2002–2008), and the Jet Li films Kiss of the Dragon (Chris Nahon, 2001) and Unleashed/Danny the Dog (Louis Letterier, 2005). Their English-language films Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008), Taken 2 (Olivier Megaton, 2012), and Taken 3 (Olivier Megaton, 2014), all starring Liam Neeson, were major successes, with Taken 2 becoming the largest-grossing export French film. At the same time, he was overseeing the adaptation of the Arthur series of children's novels that he cowrote with Céline Garcia. Now at the head of a highly profitable studio, he nonetheless continued to direct films. The experimental black-and-white film Angel-A (2005), starring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen, received mixed reviews from critics and failed to match the success of its predecessors with audiences. The Children’s film Arthur and the Minimoys (2006) was his 10th film. The live-action/animated fantasy film drew a French audience of six million and was exported worldwide. He decided to shoot the two sequels himself at the same time. But Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2009), and Arthur 3: War of Two Worlds (2010), only attracted half the audience of the first. Lucy (2014), starring Scarlett became the biggest success for a French feature film, with $459 million. At the same time, Besson enjoyed success by producing the Taken saga between 2008 and 2015 starring Liam Neeson. His blockbuster Valérian et la Cité des mille planets/Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2016) was adapted from the comic book series ‘Valérian et Laureline’ by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières. The film had the biggest budget in the history of French cinema, but the investment proved impossible to make a return on. The failure was repeated with his next film, Anna (2019). At the same time, Taxi 5 (Frank Gastambide, 2019), also disappointed. These three failures left EuropaCorp almost bankrupt. Besson had to sell it to a creditor and close the free, no-credentials scriptwriting and directing school he had founded in 2012. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, which interrupted a large part of film production, and the accusation of rape by Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who appeared in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the filmmaker did not shoot for three years but announced that he had written 17 screenplays. In 2023, Besson was definitively cleared of all charges of rape, following a ruling by the Court of Cassation, the highest judicial court in France. Besson directed the film DogMan (2023), starring Caleb Landry Jones, which was released to positive reviews. However, box-office results were disappointing. His next film was the romantic comedy Weekend in Taipei, for which he co-wrote the screenplay. In 2024, while his film June and John was still in post-production, he began shooting Dracula: A Love Tale, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. For the occasion, he reunited with the lead actor of DogMan, Caleb Landry Jones Luc Besson has been married four times. In 1986, he wed actress Anne Parillaud who starred in his film Nikita/La Femme Nikita (1990).. They had a daughter, Juliette, born in 1987, but divorced in 1991. Besson's second wife was actress and director Maïwenn, whom he started dating when he was 31 and she 15. They married in late 1992 when Maïwenn, then 16, was pregnant with their daughter Shanna, born in 1993. Maïwenn later claimed that their relationship was the inspiration for Besson's film Léon (1994), in which the plot concerned the emotional relationship between a grown man and a 12-year-old girl. Their marriage ended in 1997, when, while filming The Fifth Element (1997), Besson got into a relationship with actress Milla Jovovich. In 1997, Besson, aged 38, married 21-year-old Jovovich. They divorced in 1999. In 2004, Besson married film producer Virginie Silla, with whom he had three children.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dutch, French and English) and IMDb.
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French Lick & West Baden Resort Hotels
Christmas 2010
The "hub room" (noted in the Angel Mystery frame) is just above this central light disk.
LOST ANGELS, the super-group featuring singer guitarist Eric Dover (SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, SEXTUS, ALICE COOPER, JELLYFISH),RYAN ROXIE guitarist (ALICE COOPER/ROXIE77), drummer Troy Patrick Farrell (WHITE LION, GILBY CLARKE, PRETTY BOY FLOYD), bassist Eric Brittingham (CINDERELLA).
Amazing mixed 2hr set at Bannermans Edinburgh 23-1-13.