The Scariest Religious Painting Ever Made

Описание: This video examines William Blake’s painting “The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun,” a central image in his series inspired by the Book of Revelation. Blake created this work around 1805 in London while illustrating biblical visions that he believed were both historical and vividly present to him. The painting shows the apocalyptic dragon described in Revelation 12, rendered with powerful musculature, stretched wings, and a looming posture that makes the supernatural threat feel physically real.

We look at how Blake used anatomy, foreshortening, and shadow to give the dragon a predatory weight rarely seen in religious art of the period. The figure of the woman, radiant and cornered, reflects Blake’s fascination with spiritual conflict and the tension between innocence and cosmic violence. The video also explores Blake’s visionary practice, shaped by his interest in Swedenborgian mysticism and his conviction that true perception included the material and the spiritual at once.

The intention is to show how Blake’s combination of scriptural detail, psychological intensity, and anatomical precision creates an image that still radiates apocalyptic fear.

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