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3. Dragons, serpent-like creatures, in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have been depicted
as winged, horned, four-legged, capable of breathing fire and with a ravenous appetite
Portrayed as monsters to be tamed or overcome, usually by saints or culture heroes, as in the popular
legend of Saint George and the Dragon ...

5. Art in Detail
Famous Dragons Paintings

7. UCCELLO, Paolo
Saint George and the Dragon
National Gallery, London

8. UCCELLO, Paolo
Saint George and the Dragon
c. 1456
Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm
National Gallery, London

9. George spearing the dragon and the princess is using her belt as a leash to take the dragon up to the town ...

15. UNKNOWN MASTER
Saint George Slaying the Dragon
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

16. UNKNOWN MASTER
Saint George Slaying the Dragon
Century15th
Wood
Museu Nacional d'Art de
Catalunya, Barcelona

17. The dragon emerged from the pool, ready to eat the princess ...
when suddenly St George appeared
armed with spear, shield, sword and making the sign of the Cross
transfixed the dragon to the ground with his spear

22. BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

23. BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
1562
Oil on oak, 117 x 162 cm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts,
Brussels

24. Then war breaks out in Heaven ...
Michael the Archangel and his band of angel soldiers attack the Dragon and manage to throw him out of Heaven

30. ABADIA, Juan de la
Saint Michael Weighing Souls
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

31. ABADIA, Juan de la
Saint Michael Weighing Souls
1480-95
Wood, 127 x 78 cm
Museu Nacional d'Art de
Catalunya, Barcelona

32. The Archangel Saint Michael weights the souls
with the spear he threatens the Devil that tries to cheat by tilting the spare to his favour

37. BLAKE, William
The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun
Brooklyn Museum, New York City

38. BLAKE, William
The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun
1803
watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 43.7 × 34.8
cm
Brooklyn Museum, New York City

39. Then appeared a huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns . . .
the dragon stopped in front of the woman to devour her child as soon as it was born
The woman, praying for divine intervention, has been interpreted as the Virgin Mary, Israel, and the Church.

44. COYPEL, Charles-Antoine
The Destruction of the Palace of Armida
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

45. COYPEL, Charles-Antoine
The Destruction of the Palace of
Armida
1737
Oil on canvas, 128 x 193 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

46. ... an almost hallucinatory fantasy of madness, vengeance and black magic
Armide enraged by Renaud's "betrayal", orders the demons to rise from Hell
and demolish her palace in an orgy of destruction and self-immolation

51. LEITCH, William Leighton
Perseus And Andromeda
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

52. LEITCH, William Leighton
Perseus And Andromeda
1891
Oil in canvas, 235,0 x129,2 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

53. Super-powered hero swoops down from the sky just in time to slaying the Cetus, a giant sea monster,
in order to rescue the beautiful girl ...

57. PIERO DI COSIMO
Perseus Frees Andromeda
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

58. PIERO DI COSIMO
Perseus Frees Andromeda
c. 1513
Oil on wood, 70 x 123 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

60. Cetus is the giant sea monster who is coming to chow down on Andromeda.
Unfortunately (for Cetus at least), Perseus slays him before he gets to have his tasty dinner.

63. The sea monster Cetus is a symbol of the Poseidon, the sea god ...
When the mortals misbehave, Poseidon sends Cetus after them.

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