![]() ![]() ![]() The first and obvious fiction is that of the dragon, which no one had ever actually seen. Painters and sculptors were confronted here with a fundamental issue: they had to oppose two fictitious subjects in a battle against one another. These depictions required great keenness on the part of the artists who worked on them. We have identified some 1,500 representations of the battle between Saint George and the dragon, and there are many, many more. Initially, I was guided by a desire to understand why. ![]() The legend of Saint George is probably the most widely represented story in the Christian, principally Catholic, Western world. What was the starting point for the exhibition Man, Dragon and Death: the Glory of Saint George?
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