Halo (religious iconography) between the alternative terms in English is rather unclear. The oldest term in English is "glory", the only one available in the Middle Ages, but now largely obsolete. It came from the French "gloire" which has much the same range of meanings as "glory". "Gloriole" does not appear in this sense until 1844, being a modern invention, as a diminutive, in French also. "Halo" is first found in English in this sense in 1646 (nearly a century after the optical or astronomical sense). Both "halos" and "haloes" may be used as plural forms, and halo may be used as a
Society for Sanity in Art Society for Sanity in Art The Society for Sanity in Art was an American artist's society whose members strongly opposed all forms of modern art, including cubism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. In 1939, a western branch of this Society changed its name to the Society of Western Artists. It was founded in Chicago in 1936 by Josephine Hancock Logan, and from there it spread all over the country, with major branches in Boston and San Francisco. Ms. Logan also published a book entitled "Sanity in Art" in 1937. Branches of the group established themselves all around the United States. Haig