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Art of the Devil /
"The Devil holds the strings which move us!" (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.)Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer ... the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or ve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Parkstone International,
2012.
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| Colección: | Temporis collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The Devil holds the strings which move us!" (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.)Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer ... the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them along the path of righteousness. For other artists, such as Hieronymus Bosch, they provided a means of denouncing the moral decrepitude of one's contemporaries. In the same way, literature dealing wit. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : color illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781780429946 1780429940 |