aureola
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thumb|17th century Central Tibetan [[thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art]] thumb|upright|Images of Mary, mother of Jesus, are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe.]] thumb|right|Resurrection of Christ, fresco in [[Chora Church, Istanbul]]
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- Instance of
- motif
- Image
- Madonna in aureole - Neumünster - Würzburg, Germany -DSC05235.jpg
- Said to be same as
- aura
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- Aureola
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Encyclopedic overview
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- In art
- Development
- Mandorla
- Aureole (atmospheric phenomenon)
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- References
- Further reading
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thumb|17th century Central Tibetan [[thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art]] thumb|upright|Images of Mary, mother of Jesus, are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe.]] thumb|right|Resurrection of Christ, fresco in [[Chora Church, Istanbul]]
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea 'golden') is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “aureola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.