The image of the serpent in the art

[OTROK NIKODIM]

I venture to offer sophisticated public topic that may interest many, as diverse and covers different types of creativity. This issue concerns the use of the image "serpent" in the art. The variety of interpretations will be interesting and entertaining. I am sure that the material syschetsya lot.
 
 I give a few examples:
St George and the Dragon. Novgorod. 15 in., TG
St George and the Dragon. Fresco of the Church of St.. George in Staraya Ladoga. 12.
George and Theodore. Fresco Karanlik Kilis. 11.
George. Fragment Lyudgoschinskogo cross. 1356, the Museum of Novgorod.
George. Mosaic icon. Paris, Louvre.
George. Carved icon. At 13-14. Berlin, the Museum of Frederick.
Demetrius of Thessalonica. Byzantine school. Moscow, Pushkin Museum.
St George and the Dragon. Russian school. St. Petersburg, Russian Museum