The Fall of the Rebel Angels Pieter Brueghel The Elder (1525-1569)
Pieter Brueghel The Elder – The Fall of the Rebel Angels
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Painter: Pieter Brueghel The Elder
Location: Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten), Brussels.
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The Fall of the Rebellious Angels was painted by Flemish painter Peter Bruegel the Elder in oil on wood in 1562. The subject is based on a biblical story of angels rebelling in pride, symbolically reflecting the end of the world, when humanity, steeped in cruelty and nonsense, would be doomed to perdition. At the center of the painting is the archangel Michael in a blue cloak. He uses a sword with a gold translucent handle to defeat the dragon, which in all likelihood symbolizes Satan. At the top of the image is a glittering ball representing Heaven.
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The Fall of the Rebellious Angels was painted by Flemish painter Peter Bruegel the Elder in oil on wood in 1562.
The subject is based on a biblical story of angels rebelling in pride, symbolically reflecting the end of the world, when humanity, steeped in cruelty and nonsense, would be doomed to perdition.
At the center of the painting is the archangel Michael in a blue cloak. He uses a sword with a gold translucent handle to defeat the dragon, which in all likelihood symbolizes Satan.
At the top of the image is a glittering ball representing Heaven. The bright angels fight the dark army of rebels against God and play a hymn of victory on the divine trumpets. The figures here are bright, clear, with detailed faces. The wings are worked out with great virtuosity. The movements are free. The exception is the falling images. Despite their white clothing and golden wings, you can see that they have already fallen and, spreading out their arms, fall down involuntarily.
The lower half of the painting is dark and gloomy, an effort is required to distinguish the individual images. Everything here is mixed, saturated, dense and chaotic. The figures in hell lose their human form and turn into horrible monsters with huge jaws and claws. Faces and eyes that are still distinguishable are filled with horror, mouths open in a mad screech.
The colors of the bottom and top are different. The top is done in blue, blue, yellow, and white hues. The colors are rich, vibrant and luminous. The bottom is filled with dark and ominous colors. The browns, dark reds, toxic yellows, grays, and greens create the impression of a horrible mixture that kills all that is bright and takes life.
The perspective is beautifully worked out in the painting - it is emphasized by the size of the figures - they are large in the foreground and small at the top. The movement is conveyed by the direction of the fall.
The work is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels.
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The best creation of this artist, a masterpiece for all time.
The painting depicts a scene of angels falling. The rebellious angels are falling downwards into hell. Above, in the center of the upper part of the painting, the heavens are depicted as a white circle. In the center is Archangel Michael, wearing a blue cloak. The figures in the lower part of the painting are naked and have been transformed into grotesque monsters with animalistic features. Hell is denser, more chaotic, and darker than the upper part of the painting.
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