St Michael Defeating Satan 

This drawing, "St Michael Defeating Satan," was created by Jacopo Bellini around the mid-15th century, and is currently held at the British Museum. Bellini's composition immediately grabs our attention with its dynamic use of line and form. Notice how the figure of St. Michael dominates the upper left, his pose conveying a sense of powerful motion as he prepares to strike. The lines are energetic and fluid, creating movement throughout the scene. The contrast between the solid form of St. Michael and the chaotic, sketch-like rendering of the defeated Satan and his minions is particularly striking. It underscores a symbolic division between divine order and earthly chaos. Bellini uses the medium to enhance the scene's expressive qualities. The pencil lines allow for a great degree of detail, seen in the articulation of St. Michael's wings and musculature, while also creating a sense of incompleteness, mirroring the ongoing, unresolved nature of the battle between good and evil.