Devils , Demons, and Witchcraft Ernst and Johanna Lehner
Throughout history, artists have grappled with the problem of depicting clearly and forcefully the principles of evil and suffering in human existence. With this view, the Lehners have collected 244…
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Throughout history, artists have grappled with the problem of depicting clearly and forcefully the principles of evil and suffering in human existence. With this view, the Lehners have collected 244 representations, symbols, and manuscript pages of devils and death from Egyptian times to 1931. Reproductions from D rer, Holbein, Cranach, Rembrandt, and many other lesser-known or unknown artists illustrate the fascinating history. The fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries are stressed.The book is divided into 12 chapters, each with a separate introduction. Most of the illustrations are collected in five of these chapters: Devils and Demons, including Belial, Beelzebub, and the Anti-Christ; Witches and Warlocks, their animals, forms, and rituals; The Danse Macabre, with the Dance of Death Alphabet by Holbein and representations of all classes leveled by the common force of