
Damnedexplores the long, dark history of one of the most influential figures in Western history: the Devil. With an extraordinary array of images from medieval illuminated manuscripts and Renaissance painting to modern cinema, comic strips, and advertising,Damnedportrays the Devil in both religious and secular realms, while the text traces the Devil's evolution from the sadistic beast of the monastic imagination to the Devil who lurks inside every pleasure-seeking individual today.
Publisher:
San Francisco, Calif. : Seuil/Chronicle, c2004.
ISBN:
9782020629294
2020629291
2020629291
Characteristics:
200 p. :,chiefly ill. (some col.) ;,31 cm.


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