This work offers a fascinating exploration of the Devil through its representations in art, from the East to the West, and across the centuries. Drawing on a scholarly text and abundant iconography, it analyzes the symbols and manifestations of the devil in the collective imagination, highlighting how humanity has perceived, feared, and sublimated this figure that is both terrifying and captivating.
For the first time, an exceptional collection of works is gathered in a single volume: paintings, engravings, ancient documents, books, posters, postcards, tarot cards, album covers, comics, ritual objects, and curiosities of all kinds, all related to representations of the demon, the occult, and evil throughout history.
Among the artists who have shaped the Devil in their works, find Hans Memling, Luca Signorelli, the Maestro de Arguis, Francis Goya, Jackson Pollock, Giotto, Katsushika Hokusai, Marc Chagall, Keith Haring, Albrecht Dürer, Jan Van der Straet, Bruegel the Elder, Giambattista Tiepolo, James Ensor, Pablo Picasso, Matthias Grünewald, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Beato Angelico, Giovanni da Modena, Henry John Stock, Enrico Baj, Anton Koch, Caravaggio, Qinguang Wang, Gustave Doré, William Blake, William Hogarth, Franz von Stuck, Juan de Flandes, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Luca da Leida, Vincenzo Foppa, Eduard Schoen, Fabio Cipolla, Michael Pacher, Jérôme Bosch, Paul Cézanne, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Giacomo Canavesio, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Alexander McQueen, Pieter Paul Rubens, and Niki de Saint Phalle.
The work also focuses on contemporary approaches to Evil through the works of Ronald Ventura, Andres Serrano, Yue Minjun, Gareth Pugh, Francesco Cl, Robert Williams, Sophie von Hellermann, Tony Oursler, Natee Utarit, Rafael Megall, Richard Phillips, Wang Guangyi, Xun Sun, Nicola Verlato, Manuel Ocampo, Ruben Pang, Cindy Sherman, Pierre and Gilles, Gary Baseman, Matt Groening, and many others.
Between sacred and profane art, mythological representations and modern critiques, this study offers a visual and historical reading of the devil in all its forms, bearing witness to its lasting influence on artistic creation and on the perception of evil through the ages.
