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Mighty mover angel
William talks about the angels in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto, c. 1744. This is from an imaginative tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art.. Created by Getty Museum.
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- why is there a farm on the painting and why is it flying(3 votes)
- The painting depicts the “Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto,” when angels transported the Virgin Mary’s home from Nazareth to Loreto, a small town on Italy's Adriatic coast. Here’s the painting: http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=1062
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- God the Father and Holy Spirit and a choir of angels.(1 vote)
Video transcript
(wings flapping) - [Voiceover] Hello, my name is William. This is a study for a chapel ceiling that was destroyed during World War One, so this is all we have. (horn music) (harp music) Tiepolo made this painted
sketch of me and my fellow angels performing this miracle, which according to tradition, happened in the 13th century. That's me in front, to your left. (bugle calls) We are flying the Virgin
Mary's house from Nazareth, where she received the
archangel Gabriel's visit, to the Italian town of Loreto. Even Virgin Atlantic
doesn't travel this route. (plane roars) - [Voiceover] The house
itself is very drab, doesn't look like much. However, I love how everything
complements each other. The angels transporting
a house in one bit. Sinners below are in one bit. The heavens are in one bit, and the triumphant angels are in one bit. (harp music) - [Voiceover] William here
likes to describe this painting as if it's a still frame from a movie. - [Voiceover] And action.
(movie reel clicks) (dramatic orchestral music) - [Voiceover] One of the
sinners is trying to reach up for forgiveness. Angels above look like, "Okay! "Good job guys!" Sort of like they're not
really paying attention, whereas the bugle angels look
like they're trying to direct. Although the study's very
crude, this actually feels like it has life to it. This seems like someone just
slipped up and took a picture. All the other angels in the
collection just look like, "All right, you go over
there, hold three eight. "Good, hold that."