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St Michael Vanquishing Satan: I would like to focus on the painting of St Michael Vanquishing Satan, and how and why the paintings of angels and demons deemed to be a popular topic during this time
one point to consider is that the influence of humanism is seen here - both angels and demons are "humanized" by artists who portray them in the arts including literature - they become more complex characters . . .
Requirements: be sure to include title, artist and date. Identify work as southern or northern renaissance and explain how it either typifies or defies the conventions of the renaissance. For those of you who choose a topic that is not necessarily a particular work, consider defining/explaining the topic (ex: golden ratio) and then describing a few examples of how it occurs in renaissance art.
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Running head: ST. MICHAEL VANQUISHING SATAN
Raphael, St. Michael Vanquishing Satan (1518)
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Raphael was one of the greatest artists of the high renaissance. He is placed among the
greats like Michelangelo and da Vinci. St. Michael Vanquishing Satan was developed from a
Biblical reference. While the Old Testament has very little to say about St. Michael, the New
Testament reveals that Michael was actually an Archangel and not a Saint because he was very
close to God. The main role of Michael was to fight Satan. The book of Revelations speaks of St.
Michael fighting a dragon, and St. Michael and earlier painting by Raphael is based on this idea.
High renaissance was characterized by numerous advancements in the techniques of
painting such as creating an impression of 3D with the use of linear perspective (Toman, 1995).
In this technique, objects at ...
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