Christopher Coenen
@chrixcoenen.bsky.social
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posting art with ALT text sometimes own photos & history, politics or technology assessment #SpringerpresseEnteignen #XVerbieten MASTODON: todon.eu/@tsetse Pic: me, Bauhaus exhibition Berlin, armchair by Marcel Breuer, mask by Oskar Schlemmer
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelus_Novus
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*Angelus Novus* is considered one of the early works in Paul Klee’s series of angel motifs, which comprises some fifty works created between 1915 and 1940. In Klee’s own words, these are creatures that are still in the “antechamber of the angelic realm.” Their depiction is described as a shorthand-like symbolic script that conveys a sense of effervescent, carefree cheerfulness, in which wit has triumphed over suffering. [2] Striking features of the floating figure include the head, which is disproportionately large in relation to the body; the arms stretched upward with raised fingers, which only slightly suggest a pair of wings; and the rudimentary legs with three toes reminiscent of bird feet. The face is vividly rendered, with wide eyes, a distinct nose, and an open mouth revealing teeth. Also clearly visible are the large ears and the throat or neck; above all, however, the hair—depicted as unmarked scrolls—appears tousled “as if by a storm.”[3] The figure’s gaze extends beyond the picture plane and past the viewer. The drawing is rendered in brown and golden-yellow tones on browned paper; its background appears mottled, and the corners are darkened, so that the figure stands or seems to float within a suggested oval. The work is signed and dated in the lower right corner.
In the context of Paul Klee’s series of motifs, the title *Angelus Novus* can be understood as *Young Angel*.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:litkwatpdgvyhjpzsv2wnoqb/bafkreihuo6pf4ajjpl3x7k2jrgz4ssvzlzir4iygrfut4ob6fmttzdewlu)
