基本信息
偉大的紅龍與日光蔽體的女人The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun
Blake, William
c. 1806-1809
Watercolor
34.3 x 42 cm
Brooklyn Museum, New York
簡介
其宗教意義應是取自《啟示錄》第十二章第一節：“天上現出種種異象：一婦人披日踏月，頭戴十二星冠，正在分娩的痛苦中呼喊；一頭紅色巨龍，七頭戴七冠長十角，尾拖三分之一星辰，在婦人前欲吞吃那將娩出的嬰孩。婦人生下一男嬰，立即被提到上帝寶座那裡，將來他用鐵杖轄管萬國。婦人按上帝指引逃到曠野，她可以在那兒生存1260天。（And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; and being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems; and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven; and cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod; and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand two hundred Sixty days. ——Apocalypse 12:1）”。啟示將出現新的天地。
偉大的紅龍與日光蔽體的女人