Angels and Demons in Art

Name: Angels and Demons in Art
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ISBN: 9780892368303

ISBN-10: 0892368306

ISBN-13: 9780892368303

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rosa Giorgi, Stefano Zuffi, Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia

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This sumptuously illustrated volume analyzes artists' representations of angels and demons and heaven and hell from the Judeo-Christian tradition and describes how these artistic portrayals evolved over time. As with other books in the Guide to Imagery series, the goal of this volume is to help contemporary art enthusiasts decode the symbolic meanings in the great masterworks of Western Art. The first chapter traces the development of images of the Creation and the Afterworld from descriptions of them in the Scriptures through their evolution in later literary and philosophical works. The following two chapters examine artists' depictions of the two paths that humans may take, the path of…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



Introduction


Creation and the Geography of the Next World


The Path of Evil


The Path of Salvation


The Last Days: Judgment and Reality


The Infernal Cohorts


The Angelic Cohorts


General Index and Index of Artists