The subject of The Fall of the Rebel Angels has been popular among artists who want to visually describe the arrival of evil on earth. Mentioned in the book of Enoch dated 302 BC (originally part of the Torah), Lucifer and his band of rebel angels are expelled from heaven by the archangel Michael. In Durer’s series of ‘Apocalypse’ woodcuts published in 1498, Michael is seen throwing out Lucifer in the form of a dragon. Pieter Brueghel the elder painted his ‘Fall of the Rebel Angels’ in 1562, an extraordinary menagerie of immagined hell creatures assembled from different bits and pieces of animals and insects. It was a time of christianity trying to assert its dominance on all aspects of life. The falling angels represent the corruption of humanity when they fell to earth, the supernatural cause of evil.
Pop up Art Show Liguria Italy
Per Quelli Che Volano
On the 09/08/2024 Sophie Dickens took her paintings and sculptures out in the streets of the town where she lives and works, turning these old remote streets into a manifestation of art and music for her community.
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Abstract geometric shapes of curved wood attached to an armature create a flowing, muscular form.
Sophie Dickens is a contemporary British sculptor. Her exuberant, instantly recognisable sculptures have graced cathedrals and enlivened skylines from London to Los Angeles. Brought together by energy and wit, her body of work is expansive and restless, covering a wide range of abstract and figurative subjects, classical and de-pedestals, herd and pack installations, athletes, gods and lovers. She lives and works in Liguria, with her husband and various animals.
