Devils, Demons and Witchcraft

《魔鬼、恶魔和巫术插图集》

出版社 : Dover Publications; 第 1st 版 (1971年6月1日)

语言 : 英语

平装 : 192页

ISBN-10 : 0486227510

ISBN-13 : 978-0486227511

商品重量 : 522 g

尺寸 : 20.62 x 1.24 x 28.19 cm

页面信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

"在整个历史上，艺术家们一直在努力解决清楚而有力地描绘人类生存中的邪恶和痛苦的原则的问题"。基于这种观点，雷纳夫妇收集了从埃及时代到1931年的244件关于魔鬼和死亡的表现形式、符号和手稿页。来自丢勒、霍尔拜因、克拉纳赫、伦勃朗以及其他许多鲜为人知或不知名的艺术家的复制品说明了这段迷人的历史。书中强调了十五、十六和十七世纪的情况。

该书分为12章，每章都有单独的介绍。大部分插图收集在其中的五个章节中。魔鬼和恶魔，包括Belial、Beelzebub和；女巫和术士，他们的动物、形式和仪式；Danse Macabre，包括Holbein的死亡之舞字母表和被死亡的共同力量拉平的所有阶层的代表。Memento Mori，包括一个骷髅钟，知识与死亡之树的可怕表现，以及带翅膀的沙漏和镰刀；以及政治魔鬼，教皇派和改革派之间的斗争，以及其他政治争端中的魔鬼象征。还有关于路西法的堕落、浮士德和梅菲斯特、地狱和诅咒、世界末日的骑士、猎杀女巫、死亡的艺术以及复活和清算的章节。

"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 Dürer, 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 death; Memento Mori, including a skull clock, a macabre representation of the Tree of Knowledge and Death, and the winged hourglass and scythe; and Religio-Political Devilry, the fight between the Papists and the Reformers, and symbols of devils in other political disputes. There are also chapters on the Fall of Lucifer, Faust and Mephistopheles, Hell and Damnation, The Apocalyptic Horsemen, Witch-Hunting, The Art of Dying, and Resurrection and Reckoning.