Angels have appeared in works of art for millennia. Angel-shaped beings appear in ancient Mesopotamian and Greek art and were probably the inspiration for the popular Christian image of angels.

Angels remained a popular subject for Byzantine and European paintings and sculpture.

Several famous examples are:

• The Annunciation by Guido di Pietro da Mugello (Fra Angelico) (See http://museoprado.mcu.es/prado/html/ianun.html)

• The Ecstasy of S. Teresa di Avila by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xteresa.html)

• The Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci (http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/annunciation.html)

Angels have also become an intregal part of Anime culture, particularly in fan art and web comics.

Contemporary works of art with angels:

Anime

• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• The Vision of Escaflowne
• Megatokyo
• Angel Sanctuary

Movies

• Barbarella
• Dogma
• Wings of Desire
• City of angels (an American remake of Wings of Desire)

Plays

• Angels in America (later remade as an HBO mini-series)