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I wonder when exactly saints halos changed into rings in religious images. The older ones are all, well halo-shapped, but currently the only image people think
by marcosdumay 1y ago
I wonder when exactly saints halos changed into rings in religious images. The older ones are all, well halo-shapped, but currently the only image people think of are the rings.
- cm2012 1y agoProbably from The Simpsons
- marcosdumay 1y agoI meant centuries old... I think the Renascence paintings still all have halos. While I can fully believe The Simpsons will run for that time, they are still not there.
- hermitcrab 1y agoCoPilot says: "Halos in religious art began transitioning from spherical or radiant forms to flat, ring-like discs during the early Renaissance, around the 14th to 15th centuries."