Example sentences from the Web for mandorla

Finally, Donatello made two busts of prophets for the Mandorla door.
Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
Mandorla, man-dor′la, n. an oval panel, or a work of art filling such: the vesica piscis.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
This is the oval-shaped glory which the Italians call the mandorla, from the word meaning “almond.”
Titian; a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter|Estelle Hurll
But the type would appear more advanced than the busts on the Mandorla doorway or the Siena work made about this time.
Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

The Madonna is in the sky within a mandorla of cherubs, and has four angels around her playing on instruments.
Great Masters in Painting: Perugino|George C. Williamson

mandorla

/ (mænˈdɔːlə) /

noun

(in painting, sculpture, etc) an almond-shaped area of light, usually surrounding the resurrected Christ or the Virgin at the AssumptionAlso called: vesica

Word Origin for mandorla

from Italian, literally: almond, from Late Latin amandula; see almond

Words nearby mandorla

mandir, mandira, Man does not live by bread alone, mandola, mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, mandrin

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单词	mandorla
释义	Example sentences from the Web for mandorla Finally, Donatello made two busts of prophets for the Mandorla door. Donatello\|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford Mandorla, man-dor′la, n. an oval panel, or a work of art filling such: the vesica piscis. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various This is the oval-shaped glory which the Italians call the mandorla, from the word meaning “almond.” Titian; a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter\|Estelle Hurll But the type would appear more advanced than the busts on the Mandorla doorway or the Siena work made about this time. Donatello\|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford The Madonna is in the sky within a mandorla of cherubs, and has four angels around her playing on instruments. Great Masters in Painting: Perugino\|George C. Williamson mandorla / (mænˈdɔːlə) / noun (in painting, sculpture, etc) an almond-shaped area of light, usually surrounding the resurrected Christ or the Virgin at the AssumptionAlso called: vesica Word Origin for mandorla from Italian, literally: almond, from Late Latin amandula; see almond Words nearby mandorla mandir, mandira, Man does not live by bread alone, mandola, mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, mandrin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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