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The materials used for The Archangel Michael were tempera and gold leaf on wood panel.  The height of the painting is 76 cm (29.92 in) and the width is 54.3 cm (21.37 in).  The work of art follows the traditional maniera greca but the style is far more advanced than Byzantine and Cretan art. The painter employs an advanced painting style that evolved on the Ionian Islands.  The masterpiece has roots in the Late Cretan School. The gilded gold background is still intact.  Raphael and his contemporaries chose to remove the majestic exalting divine gold background for a more natural setting utilizing the background, foreground, and middle ground.   Poulaki's painting superfluously venerates the Archangel and constructs a sculpturesque figure dressed in a lavish costume, with luxuriant patterns and brilliant colors.  His cape floats creating a weightless setting.  The artist employs an advanced shadowing method.  Poulakis adds dimension to the shallow stage for the figures.    The Archangel's legs stand on a wolflike demon.  The wolflike demonic figure is present in the works of Leos Mosko's The Last Judgment, Georgios Klontza's The Last Judgment, and Poulaki's In Thee Rejoiceth .  The wolflike demon captivates the audience with its expression of fright and terror.  The Archangel suppresses and subjugates the powerful demonic entity with his exquisitely painted Lance, historically referred to as The Lance of Michael.  The painter was an expert in the cangiante.  The demonic figure is muscular, the hairs are a brilliant variation of brown.  The brushstrokes of his fur clearly demonstrate grooves, lines, and contours.  The painter clearly reveals the creature's hair as he floats on a pool of fire.  The monster's paw and nails are grasping for The Lance of Michael.  The painting is signed in the lower right-hand corner.
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