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Le Génie Du Mal
''Le génie du mal'' (; or ''The Genius (mythology), Genius of Evil'' or ''The Spirit of Evil''), known informally in English as ''Lucifer'' or ''The Lucifer of Liège'' is a religious sculpture executed in white marble and installed in 1848 by the Belgium, Belgian artist Guillaume Geefs. Francophone art historians often refer to the figure as an ''ange déchu'', a "fallen angel". The sculpture is located in the elaborate pulpit of St. Paul's Cathedral (Liège), St. Paul's Cathedral, Liège, and depicts a classically attractive man chained, seated, and nearly Depictions of nudity, nude but for drapery gathered over his thighs, his full length ensconced within a mandorla of Bat (animal), bat wings. Geefs' work replaces an earlier sculpture created for the space by his younger brother Joseph Geefs, ''L'ange du mal'', which was removed from the cathedral because of its distracting allure and "unhealthy beauty". Two spirits, one site ''Le génie du mal'' is set within an open Niche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The most common meaning for Lucifer in English is as a name for Devil, the Devil in Christian theology. He appeared in the King James Version of the Bible in Isaiah 14, Isaiah and before that in the Vulgate (the late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible), Originally published New York: The MacMillan Co., 1923. not as the name of a devil but as the Latin word (uncapitalized), meaning "the morning star", "the planet Venus", or, as an adjective, "light-bringing". It is a translation of the Hebrew language, Hebrew word (meaning "Shining One"). As the Latin name for the morning appearances of the planet Venus, it corresponds to the Ancient Egyptian language, Egyptian name ''Tioumoutiri'', the Ancient Greek language, Greek names ''Phosphorus (morning star), Phosphoros'' ("light-bringer") and ''Eosphoros'' ("dawn-bringer"), and the Old English term ''Morgensteorra'' (morning star). The entity's Latin name was subsequently absorbed into Christianity as a name for Devil in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
