mandorla

/ (mænˈdɔːlə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for mandorla

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

Words nearby mandorla

mandioca, mandir, mandira, mandola, mandolin, mandorla, mandragora, mandrake, mandrel, mandrill, mandrin

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

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mandorla

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