Art of the Devil
Diabolic imagery, myth, and temptation in artBy Arturo Graf
Length7h 19m
About this audiobook
"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 with the Devil has long offered inspiration to artists wishing to exorcise evil through images, especially the works of Dante and Goethe. In the 19th century, romanticism, attracted by the mysterious and expressive potential of the theme, continued to glorify the malevolent. Auguste Rodin's The Gates of Hell, the monumental, tormented work of a lifetime, perfectly illustrates this passion for evil, but also reveals the reason for this fascination. Indeed, what could be more captivating for a man than to test his mastery by evoking the beauty of the ugly and the diabolic?
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length7 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 28, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3I. The Devil
4The Person of the Devil
5The Number, Abodes, Qualities, Orders, Hierarchy, Knowledge and Power of Devils
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6II. Acts of the Devil
7The Devil as Tempter
8The Loves and the Offspring of the Devil
9Pacts with the Devil
10III. Magic
11The History of Magic and Magical Practices
12Magicians and Witches
13The Inquisition: The Persecution of Magic
14IV. Hell: More about Hell
15V. Defeats of the Devil
16Conclusion
17Icons 11th - 18th centuries
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