the-paintrist:artschoolglasses:Ariel, Henry Fuseli, 1800-1810 Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל, romanized: ʾ&
the-paintrist:artschoolglasses:Ariel, Henry Fuseli, 1800-1810 Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל, romanized: ʾÁrīʾēl) is an angel found primarily in Jewish and Christian mysticism and Apocrypha. The literal meaning is “lion of God”. The word Ariel occurs in the Hebrew Bible at Isaiah 29:1, 29:2, and 29:7, where it refers to Jerusalem. The word appears at II Samuel 23:20 and I Chronicles 11:22 as referring to “men of valor” of Moab. It appears at Ezekiel 43:16 as referring to an “altar hearth”, and it appears at Ezra 8:16 as the name of a Jewish man. It is also said that Ariel is not a rebel angel.Harris Fletcher (1930) found the name Ariel in a copy of the Syncellus fragments of the Book of Enoch. Fletcher suggested that the text was known to John Milton and may be the source for Milton’s use of the name for a minor angel in Paradise Lost. However, the presence of the name in the Syncellus fragments has not been verified (1938), and, reviewing for example the Dead Sea Scrolls, earlier versions of the Book of Enoch are now known to not contain the name Ariel. In Paradise Lost, Ariel is a rebel angel, overcome by the seraph Abdiel in the first day of the War of Heaven.Henry Fuseli RA (German: Johann Heinrich Füssli 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as The Nightmare, deal with supernatural subject matter. He painted works for John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery, and created his own “Milton Gallery”. He held the posts of Professor of Painting and Keeper at the Royal Academy. His style had a considerable influence on many younger British artists, including William Blake. -- source link