an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage
the white marble sculpture of the saint in the throes of divine ecstasy is strikingly offset by a gilt aureole
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Recent Examples of aureoleInitially, scientists believed these features might be flows of salty water or brine, which remained liquid long enough to travel down the aureole.—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025 Jacob knew from photographs the goblin face, the aureole of whitening hair.—Lan Samantha Chang, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023 Like his crossed legs, Cannon’s head and upper torso are framed in flickering swipes of green, as if this is a depiction of a holy man surrounded by an incandescent aureole.—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022 One image, Imogen, has the model’s head encircled with flora like an aureole composed of twiggy branches, foliage, and wildflowers.—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2020 However, if the region was made up of ice, De Blasio says, then ice should be present around the western edge of the aureole.—Nola Taylor Redd, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020 In the strongest work, half of the 9-foot-tall aureole apparently has been blown away, black resin flapping in shards out the back.—Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
Through some convoluted changes of hands, the property’s current investors rescued and reimagined the remains of a previously defunct resort to give us Ocean Casino Resort in all its glory as a sigh of relief for this prime Boardwalk location.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
The winners came dressed to impress and were eager to promote their projects and bask in the glory of being declared the best of the internet.