The Bible In Paintings ✝️ Revelation, Chapter 12 — WAR IN HEAVEN! MICHAEL FIGHTS THE DRAGON ✝️ Part 1

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WAR IN HEAVEN:
MICHAEL FIGHTS
THE DRAGON

֎ Featuring 46 Paintings and 1 Statue ֎

REVELATION
«Chapter 12»

And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.

1
JACOPO VIGNALI
"Archangel Michael"

2
Source

3
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4
LUCA GIORDANO
"St Michael"

5
CAVALIERE D'ARPINO
"Archangel Michael"

6
NICOLAS BATAILLE
"St Michael and His Angels Fighting the Dragon"

7
RAPHAEL
"The Great St Michael"

8
FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
"St Michael Defeating Satan"

9
"St Michael Defeating Satan"

10
"St Michael the Archangel Defeating the Devil"

11
JASON HONEYCUTT
"St. Michael"

12
LAWRENCE KLIMECKI
"Saint Michael and the Dragon"

13
LAURENT DE LA HYRE
"Saint Michael Slaying a Dragon"

14
GARETH JOHNSON
"Saint Michael and the Dragon"

15
BRENDA FOX
"St. Michael and the Dragon"

16
POULAKIS THEODOROS
"Saint Michael and the Devil"

17
ESTEFAN GARGOST
"Michael Slays the Dragon"

18
GUIDO RENI
Source

19
Source

20
Source

21
Source

22
BENJAMIN WEST
"St. Michael and the Dragon"

23
TURONIE
"St. Michael and the Dragon"

24
RODERICK MEAD
"St. Michael and the Dragon"

25
BARTOLOME BERMEJO
"St Michael and the Dragon"

26
Source

27
Source

28
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29
TRAVISSELF
"Michael Battles the Dragon"

30
TIAMATE
Source

31
EUGENE DELACROIX
"St. Michael Defeats the Devil"

32
JONATHAN MAYER
"Heaven's Rebellion"

33
ESTHER SANZ
"Michael vs. Satan"

34
Master of Saint Verdiana
"St. Michael Defeating the Dragon"

35
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Michael Binding Satan"

36
"War in Heaven: Michael Defeats the Dragon"

37
"St Michael Slaying the Dragon"

38
COMPOSUR3
"Saint Michael Slays the Dragon"

39
Spanish School
"The Archangel Saint Michael and the Dragon "

40
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41
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42
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43
"St Michael Archangel"

44
IGNACIO DE RIES
"Saint Michael the Archangel"

45
GERARD DAVID
"St Michael "

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→ a n d   f i n a l l y ←

47
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"The Battle of the Angels"

To be continued…

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[Red Badger]

The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the the Archangel Michael and Jesus are the same person..................

[GOP_Party_Animal]

As a Michael, I always enjoyed posting such a picture on Facebook (when I still had an account) on September 29th. "Happy Michaelmas to all my fellow Mikes!".

They really do vary in quality don't they? Never understood the ones that make him look feminine or have a tranquil countenance while in combat.

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Too bad, so sad......................

[Red Badger]

Me too!...................

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If you were to paint one then, Michael, I suppose we can guess how fierce yours would look. And Happy Birthday four months early!

[Red Badger]

For years ‘Michael’ was the number one name foe newborn baby boys...............

At a company I used to work for 30 years ago, we had ten guys named Michael in the same department!

One day, by fortuitous accident, we were all working on the same project in the same room.

A guy came in the door and yelled “HEY! MIKE!” and WE ALL TURNED AROUND AND SAID “WHAT?”

He was stunned!...........................

[Red Badger]

Angels have historically been painted ‘feminine’ because they are supposed to be beauteous creatures created directly by God’s own hand.

Even in modern day movies.

In the Keanu Reeves’ movie ‘Constantine’, the angel Gabriel was played by a woman, Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.................

[Bob434]

I think that is beczuse some feel that angels have no single sex- that they are a mix of both sexes.

[etabeta]

I so admire the creativity of these artists.
Beautiful statue at #2
#14 is by an unknown 15th c. Spanish artist
Reni, West, Bermejo, David are some favorite.
#24 very original
In #35, Blake projects well all the intensity of the fight

[chuckb87]

“...that they are a mix of both sexes.”

God gave them masculine names for a reason. He created two genders, male and female. No gender “fluidity” in his creation.

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I so admire the creativity of these artists

Such an enormous subject, Alba! Your comment raises in me the interplay between the artists' minds and the Holy Spirit, at least for those who were open to His promptings. What fun it must be for God to watch--and to help--as they, and we, create.

Creating is, I think, one of life's chief joys. God loves to create, and He made us in His image. So, once He resumes creating in an eighth day, I suspect He will have us collaborate with Him, perhaps by delegating to us minor details in His new designs. What a joy!

[AnAmericanMother]

And now for something completely different . . .

Daniel Mitsui illustrates scenes from the Bible in the traditional Japanese style. He also does lovely medieval-style illuminations.

"St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be thou our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen."

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Odd that, in my extensive and far-reaching searches, I’ve never seen even one of Mitsui’s works. If this one is representative, they are very worthy of inclusion. Thanks for the lead.

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From his website:

He desires to make artwork that is faithful to tradition yet strikingly original, and vigorously medieval in spirit. He draws much of his inspiration from Gothic illuminated manuscripts, panel paintings, and tapestries. Most of his artwork is religious in subject.

Emphasis added

[AnAmericanMother]

Yes, he's amazing and not as well known as he should be.

My daughter is very fond of all things Japanese (her best friend and maid of honor at her wedding did a diplomatic program in Japan - if you teach English in a remote village for a certain number of years, you can earn a master's degree from a Japanese University. Her friend is of course fluent in Japanese. She said the coolest thing about it all is that if you take an advanced degree from a Japanese school, your academic robes are KIMONO!)

So I have given her several of his Japanese-print-style drawings and prints - St. Michael, the Wedding at Cana . . . I prefer his medieval-style illuminations, so have his Adoration of the Magi.

[Bob434]

True- was just stating what some folks preach, and ehat artists may have been taught when they made angels appear feminine and masculine at same time.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . note the salvation history summarized on the screens in the background of the wedding . . .

Here is one of his medieval-style illuminations - I have this one. There's a lot going on in the margins (which is so typical of medieval art. The borders are a commentary on the main scene):

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Fantastic!