Saint George and the Dragon (Saint Georges et le dragon) (Q28129520)

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genre: religious art (Q2864737)
artist: Odilon Redon (Q154349)
collection: Barnes Foundation (Q808462)
location: Barnes Foundation (Q808462)
main subject: Saint George and the Dragon (Q2509393)
depicts: Saint George (Q48438)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
Barnes Foundation ID: 6047

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description: <p>According to Christian legend, Saint George, a Roman soldier, heroically killed a dragon that was terrorizing a Libyan city, causing the grateful citizens to convert to Christianity. In this painting, Odilon Redon presents the climactic moment of the slaying but makes the gore and the action rather difficult to see, pushing it off to the side. Instead, he relies on the fiery colors of the landscape to create drama.</p>
keywords adult adult person bathers brush cave deer dirty landscape light no person old people person religion river sky wear dirty field

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