Alien Covenant: Domed citadel references "Satan presiding at the Infernal Council" (1824) by John Martin?



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The domed citadel as seen in the film Alien: Covenant

The domed citadel artwork by Wayne Haag

Alien Covenant, a large domed building features in the cityscape on the Engineer's planet.

Since we're looking at the knowledge that Ridley Scott had an interest in the Paradise Lost story, we can look at the fact that John Martin provided an illustration of Satan sitting on his throne on a dome shaped form back in 1824, and perhaps the idea of a dome with other architectural structures on the top caught his imagination.

This is not to say that the domed citadel is Satan's Throne, but it's an idea about otherworldly architecture connected with archaic forms from human imagination tying in with the Paradise Lost.


"Satan presiding at the Infernal Council" (1824) by John Martin

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  1. "Alien Covenant: Domed citadel references "Satan presiding at the Infernal Council" (1824) by John Martin?" posted on June 27th 2019

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