cherub

(noun)

A statue or other depiction of an angel, typically in the form of a winged child.

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Examples of cherub in the following topics:

  • Painting and Sculpture

    • Rococo painters used delicate colors and curving forms, playfully decorating their canvases with cherubs and myths of love.
    • As in painting, the themes of love and gaiety (often symbolized with cherubs) were reflected in sculpture, as were elements of nature, curving lines and asymmetry.

  • Rococo in Painting and Sculpture

    • The prevalent themes in Rococo sculpture echoed those of the other mediums, with the display of classical themes, cherubs, love, playfulness, and nature being depicted most often as exemplified in the sculpture ‘Pygmalion and Galatee' .
    • 'Pygmalion and Galatee' is indicative of Etienne Maurica Falconet's Rococo style in its depiction of lighthearted love, including a cherub indicating its predisposition to mythology.

  • Painting

    • She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
    • On the opposite corner, a cherub appears to be whipping a woman on the adjoining wall.

  • Painting in the Early Roman Empire

    • She is surrounded by other women and cherubs while a figure, identified as Dionysus, waits.
    • On the opposite corner, a cherub appears to be whipping a woman on the adjoining wall.