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ID: 300375684
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300375684

 

Record Type: concept
halos (glories) (glories, motifs, ... Design Elements (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Glories that comprise a circle, disk, series of lines, or rays of light with which the head of the sacred personage is surrounded. In Hellenistic and Roman art, halos are worn by the sun-god Helios and Roman emperors often appear with a crown of rays. The imagery was picked up in Christian art.
 
Terms:
halos (glories) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
halo (glory) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
halo (gloria) (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
nimbus (halos) (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
光輪 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
光環 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
guāng lún (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
guang lun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
kuang lun (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
halo's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Heiligenscheine (C,U,German,D,PN)
Heiligenschein (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  D.DG

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Physical Attributes Facet
Physical Attributes Facet
Hierarchy of Design Elements (hierarchy name)
.... Design Elements (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of design elements (attributes)
........ design elements (attributes) (G)
Hierarchy of motifs
............ motifs (G)
Hierarchy of glories
................ glories (G)
Hierarchy of halos (glories)
.................... halos (glories) (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 神聖人物頭部四周圍繞的榮光,由光圈、光盤、成列光束或光線所構成。在希臘化時期及羅馬的藝術作品中,太陽神赫利俄斯與羅馬皇帝都有光輪,並且經常與光冕一同出現。基督教藝術之後受到這種圖像的影響。 
Dutch ..... Aureolen die bestaan uit een cirkel, schijf, reeks lijnen of lichtstralen die het hoofd van een heilig personage omgeven. In de Hellenistische en Romeinse kunst worden halo's gedragen door de zonnegod Helios, terwijl Romeinse keizers vaak worden afgebeeld met een stralenkrans. Dit beeld is overgenomen in de christelijke kunst. 
German ..... Glorie, die einen Kreis, eine Scheibe, eine Reihe von Linien oder Lichtstrahlen bildet, mit denen der Kopf der heiligen Persönlichkeit umgeben ist. In der hellenistischen und römischen Technik werden Heiligenscheine vom Sonnengott Helios getragen und römischen Kaiser erscheinen oft mit einer Strahlenkrone. Diese Bilddarstellung wurde in der christlichen Kunst übernommen. 

Sources and Contributors:
光輪............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  智慧藏百科全書網 April 25, 2014
...........  朗文當代大辭典 785
光環............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  藝術名詞與技法辭典 304
guang lun............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
guāng lún............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
halo (glory)............  [VP]
.......................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
.......................  Sturgis y Clayson, Entender la pintura. Análisis y explicación de los temas de las obras (2002)
halos (glories)............  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Grove Art Online (2008-)
.............................  Oxford Companion to Western Art [online] (2008-)
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.............................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1986)
halo's............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
Heiligenschein............  [IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
.............................  Duden [online] (2011-) http://www.duden.de/node/734991/revisions/
.............................  GND - Gemeinsame Normdatei http://d-nb.info/gnd/4159386-8
.............................  Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon (1905-1909) [online] http://www.zeno.org/nid/20006756204
Heiligenscheine............  [IfM-SMB-PK]
.............................  Duden [online] (2011-) http://www.duden.de/node/734991/revisions/
kuang lun............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
....................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
nimbus (halos)............  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, IfM-SMB-PK, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Van Dale Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal (2009)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms [online] (2001-2008)
.......... Grove Art Online (2008-)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
German .......... [IfM-SMB-PK]
.......... IfM Berlin

 

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