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Uccello, 'Saint George and the Dragon', about 1470

Uccello, 'Saint George and the Dragon', about 1470

Saint George arrives to defeat the dragon, saving the princess and a whole town from certain death. But not everything is as it seems.

Find out how Uccello's use of perspective implies a deeper meaning behind George's triumph:

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Tintoretto, 'Saint George and the Dragon'

Almost a century after Uccello, Tintoretto painted an unusual version of this story