Putto Today, in Italian, "putto" means either toddler winged angel or, rarely, toddler boy. It may have been derived from the same Indo-European root as the Sanskrit word "putra" (meaning "boy child", as opposed to "son"), Avestan "puθra"-, Old Persian "puça"-, Pahlavi (Middle Persian) "pus" and "pusar", all meaning "son", and the New Persian "pesar" "boy, son". Putti, in the ancient classical world of art, were winged infants that were believed to influence human lives. In Renaissance art, the form of the putto was derived in various ways including the Greek Eros or Roman Amor/Cupid, the god of love and companion
Putto Some of the more common associations are: A putto is the main character in the 2010 webcomic "The Sorrowful Putto of Prague" by James Stafford and A. J. Bernardo. In popular culture, putto is also used as a decorative art found on buildings, gardens, and greeting cards as a purveyor of love. A putto smoking a cigarette served as the cover art for Van Halen's album "1984". There is one adorning the main characters' wedding cake in Gustave Flauvert's novel, Madame Bovary. A putto is the protagonist of the 2000 third person shooter "Messiah". In the British TV series "Doctor