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Artrecreation 1
Artrecreation 1
ZoyaPandher
Mrs.Lucarelli
ComparativeCivilizations
13January2015
Recreationof
St.MichaelVanquishingSatan
ThepaintingrecreatedaboveisRaphaels
St.MichaelVanquishingSatan
.Thispainting
ischaracteristicofRenaissanceartinmanyways.Firstofall,althoughareligioussceneisbeing
depicted,St.Michaeldoesnothaveahalotoidentifyhimasholy.Thishelpstohumanizehim,
despitehiswings,andcanbeattributedtoRenaissancevaluessuchashumanism.Everythingis
paintedinintricatedetail,andtheexpressionsuponthefacesofbothSt.MichaelandSatanare
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easytodiscern.Additionally,thesettingisnaturalandismostlyonEarth,whichmakesthe
paintingmoreapproachableandisalsoanodtohumanism.