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demonic creatures. There are also an abundance of exotic animals alongside deformed and mutated figures. There are two other prominent figures on either side of archangel Michael who are dressed in all white to contrast the dark colors underneath them. These figures are good angels who are assisting in the fight against the rebellious angels. In the upper portion in both corners, there are angelic musicians playing their instruments as if the war between good and evil has already been played out. The action of playing the trumpets foreshadow a successful triumph.
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techniques and concepts they used. Both Bosch and Bruegel first sketched with a brush, then applied a thin layer of pigment, and later continued to add layers. Their techniques were so similar that in many cases, it was hard to differentiate who painted a piece. The drawing done by Bruegel in 1558 of
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The painting is a split landscape with the top portion being heaven and the bottom portion representing hell. Heaven is illustrated with light blues, vibrant colors, and surrounded by flying angels, while hell is much darker than heaven. This is illustrated through dark tones and demonic creatures to
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There has been a comparison between this art work and cabinets of curiosities. Because this painting is so full and depicted with natural and artificial objects, Tine Luk Meganck states this is Bruegel's own cabinet of curiosity portrayed as an art piece. Bruegel utilizes natural objects such as a
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Lucifer was designed to be a perfect angel. He fell from heaven because of his pride and rebellion against God's divine plan, which was to appoint Jesus as the people's savior. Lucifer coerced one-third of the angels to follow his lead in the rebellion and to assist in appointing him to be the new
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Due to not finding a signature on the painting, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts first inherited the painting with the idea that the artist of the painting was Hieronymus Bosch. The signature was found under the frame in 1900 with the name of Pieter Bruegel on it. With this finding, they assumed the
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The central figure is the archangel Michael depicted with a sword. He is in triumph as he defeats the fallen angels and demonic creatures. Above the archangel, there are figures coming out of what looks like a hole in the sky which is the sun. The figures represent Lucifer, the fallen angels, and
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On the far left part of the triptych, Bosch has his version of the fallen rebel angels falling from the sky. Bruegel enlarges the scene and has the subject of the fallen angels as his main focus. Ultimately, Bruegel was known as a "second Bosch" or an "imitator" of Bosch because of the similar
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consisting of monster heads on human nude bodies which called for a comparison between his and Bruegel's work. Bruegel made his own images with the same monstrous component of different heads on different figures. Hieronymus Bosch was the main influencer to Bruegel's work. Bosch's
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butterfly, fish, and other known creatures. He also uses artificial objects such as the instruments, armor, and weapons. The incorporation of both natural and artificial objects reflect his stance on how he feels about the new found foreign land of the Americas.
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by Bruegel was created in the same year with the same concept of distorted hellish figures. Towards the bottom there is a fish with a human leg coming out of it which is similar to the figure with a human head on an animal's body in
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triptych portrays hybrid creatures and explored the idea of vices and virtues as well as good vs evil. The hybrid creatures are depicted on the far right side of the triptych with the hellish dark scenery. Bosch's
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is theorized to provide an insight on the position of the archangel Michael as a central figure standing on the dragon with a sword to the body of the dragon. Frans Floris I has created his own
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that have been banished from heaven. Angels are falling from the sun in a stacked manner along with ungodly creatures that Bruegel created. This piece by Bruegel was previously thought to be by
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was given the duty to drive Lucifer and the fallen angels out of heaven. The conflict of good and evil as well as vice and virtue are constant recurring themes throughout Bruegel's work.
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painting came from Pieter the Younger. Later, after finding a date on the painting, it was clarified that the artist was not Pieter the Younger but Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
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The composition with a central figure placed among many smaller figures was favored by Bruegel during this time. This is not only shown through
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Painted in 1562, Bruegel's depiction of this subject of Lucifer falling with his fallen angels is taken from a passage from
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stops in front of the painting and observes it briefly with a more serious demeanor, at which point the song begins.
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set the distinct difference between the two. The entire space is filled and little absent space is present.  
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A reproduction of the painting appears at the beginning of the music video for the Korean version of the song
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Fall of Rebel Angels. Art, Knowledge, and Politics on the Eve of the Dutch Revolt.
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including Albrecht Dürer, Frans Floris I, Hieronymus Bosch and past works of Bruegel himself. Dürer's
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and in the series of engravings of the Vices and the Virtues completed for the
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Seidel, Max, Roger H. Marijnissen, Pieter Bruegel, and Max Seidel.
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The painting was also featured in a collaboration between
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Bruegel had multiple inspirations for the creation of
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The Fall of the Rebel Angels (disambiguation)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Oil
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
the Netherlandish Renaissance
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Lucifer
fallen angels
Hieronymus Bosch
Albrecht Dürer
Frans Floris I

The Last Judgement
Hieronymus Bosch
Revelation 12
Hieronymus Bosch
war in heaven.
archangel Michael
Antwerp
Hieronymus Cock

The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch
woodcut
Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon
The Garden of Earthly Delights

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