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Mar 9 2011

St. Michael, Luca Giordano, ca. 1663

Baroque / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

St. Michael, Luca Giordano, ca. 1663

This is a reproduction of “St. Michael” of about 1663 by the Neapolitan Luca Giordano.  This version of the tale from Revelation 12: 7-9 is notable by the high color of the archangel, the powerful thrust of his spear making contact with his opponent, and the agony of that opponent.  Giordano is influenced by the similar paintings of Reni and Raphael.  The dimensions of this masterpiece are 147 cm by 198 cm.  This masterpiece is in the Gemaldegalerie in the Kaiser Friedrich Museums, Berlin.

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Jul 8 2010

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc

Michael the Archangel Defeats Satan by Albrecht Durer, 1498

This is the German Master’s rendition as a woodcut of the scene described in the twelfth chapter of The Revelation of St John.  It is a wonderful example of the beautiful artwork of the Northern Renaissance which still harkens back to the apocalyptic themes of the Middle Ages, particularly after the holocaust of the Black Death in the Fourtheenth Century.  The original is a woodcut, 392 by 283 millimeters, and is housed in the Sttaatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe.

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