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|question=Why are cherubim depicted as babies in art?

|answer=The familiar image of a small winged baby most people call a "cherub" should actually be called a ''putto''. Putti (the plural of putto) are small winged babies or young children historically associated with the earthly passions, especially love; they are usually depicted with Cupid (the Roman god of love) in artwork. Sometimes, Cupid himself is depicted as a putto. They were sculpted into classical architecture, often accompanying depictions of rites for the god Bacchus. Christian Renaissance artists started to reinterpret putti as angelic and overwrite their original pagan symbolism, and they became very common in Renaissance artwork. Cherubim in Christian artwork were often used the same way as putti in Renaissance artwork (to provide additional figures adoring or gazing upon the main subjects of the painting), and over time, the two were merged.

|answer=The familiar image of a small winged baby most people call a "cherub" should actually be called a ''putto''. Putti (the plural of putto) are small, usually winged babies or young children historically associated with the earthly passions, especially love; they are usually depicted with Cupid (the Roman god of love) in artwork. Sometimes, Cupid himself is depicted as a putto. They were sculpted into classical architecture, often accompanying depictions of rites for the god Bacchus. Christian Renaissance artists started to reinterpret putti as angelic and overwrite their original pagan symbolism, and they became very common in Renaissance artwork. Cherubim in Christian artwork were often used the same way as putti in Renaissance artwork (to provide additional figures adoring or gazing upon the main subjects of the painting), and over time, the two were merged.

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 |question=Why are cherubim depicted as babies in art?
-|answer=The familiar image of a small winged baby most people call a "cherub" should actually be called a ''putto''. Putti (the plural of putto) are small winged babies or young children historically associated with the earthly passions, especially love; they are usually depicted with Cupid (the Roman god of love) in artwork. Sometimes, Cupid himself is depicted as a putto. They were sculpted into classical architecture, often accompanying depictions of rites for the god Bacchus. Christian Renaissance artists started to reinterpret putti as angelic and overwrite their original pagan symbolism, and they became very common in Renaissance artwork. Cherubim in Christian artwork were often used the same way as putti in Renaissance artwork (to provide additional figures adoring or gazing upon the main subjects of the painting), and over time, the two were merged.
+|answer=The familiar image of a small winged baby most people call a "cherub" should actually be called a ''putto''. Putti (the plural of putto) are small, usually winged babies or young children historically associated with the earthly passions, especially love; they are usually depicted with Cupid (the Roman god of love) in artwork. Sometimes, Cupid himself is depicted as a putto. They were sculpted into classical architecture, often accompanying depictions of rites for the god Bacchus. Christian Renaissance artists started to reinterpret putti as angelic and overwrite their original pagan symbolism, and they became very common in Renaissance artwork. Cherubim in Christian artwork were often used the same way as putti in Renaissance artwork (to provide additional figures adoring or gazing upon the main subjects of the painting), and over time, the two were merged.
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