The Devil

From Giotto to Picasso, Pollock to Serrano, tarot cards to video games. The reference book on the figure of the devil, from the Middle Ages to pop culture, from art history to literature. A rich history in pictures dedicated to the history, symbolism and manifestations of the devil in the collective imagination of yesterday and today.

Evil is a dynamic component of life. its presence in art, either as personification or as emanation is revealing of the constitutively polar structure of human thought.

Demetrio Paparoni analyzes through clear and engaging language the representation of the devil and manifestations of the evil one in the arts of the West and the East, yesterday and today, through masterpieces of art history, engravings, posters, tarot cards, record covers, films, comics, fashion and design objects, and other curiosities about the world of demons, the occult and witchcraft.

BY
DEMETRIO PAPARONI – An art critic, curator and essayist, he was born in Syracuse and currently lives in Milan. In 1983 he founded the contemporary art magazine “Tema Celeste” and the publishing house of the same name, which he directed until 2000. He is considered one of the most authoritative voices in Italian art criticism.