
Angelology: Statuary angel, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Statuary angel, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief putto, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief putto, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Fresco angels, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Fresco angels, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief angel and drapery, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief angel and drapery, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief angel, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.

Angelology: Bas-relief angel, at the Mission San Xavier del Bac, ca. 1783 – 1797, on the Tohono O’odham San Xavier Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona.
Path, portal, path.
Thorncrown Chapel, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, designed by E. Fay Jones, and built mostly of local materials in 1980. It is impossible to enter this space and not have your gaze drawn skyward.