Alternative Angel of the West?

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_just me
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Re: Alternative Angel of the West?

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zeezrom wrote:I'm stuck on the headgear of the Nauvoo Moroni!

Is that a representation of a halo? (i.e. The Madonna and Child with Angels; Duccio)

Or is it a turbine worn by young men in early renaissance Italy? (i.e. Portrait of a Young Man; Paolo Uccello)

Or maybe a laurel wreath? (i.e. Profile Study Of The Head Of A Bearded Man, Wearing A Laurel Wreath; Sir Peter Paul Rubens)


He was wearing temple clothing. That is why the new Nauvoo Temple does not have the same Moroni.
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Re: Alternative Angel of the West?

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just me wrote:
zeezrom wrote:I'm stuck on the headgear of the Nauvoo Moroni!

Is that a representation of a halo? (i.e. The Madonna and Child with Angels; Duccio)

Or is it a turbine worn by young men in early renaissance Italy? (i.e. Portrait of a Young Man; Paolo Uccello)

Or maybe a laurel wreath? (i.e. Profile Study Of The Head Of A Bearded Man, Wearing A Laurel Wreath; Sir Peter Paul Rubens)


He was wearing temple clothing. That is why the new Nauvoo Temple does not have the same Moroni.

Exactly. That and also the masonic compass and square.

(Love the pictures in this thread!)
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Re: Alternative Angel of the West?

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Madison54 wrote:(Love the pictures in this thread!)

Apparently they all have passed the nudity test
- unlike my cartoons...
- unlike Michelangelo's David...



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