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Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology
Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology
Simon Ed (Simon Ed)
SKU: VV1649066 ISBN: 1419756389 Pages: 300 Hardcover year: 2021 Publicher: Abrams (Abrams) Price: $310.23 ship 24-25
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| A compendium celebrating the art of hell and its minions Pandemonium: The Illustrated History of Demonology presents--for the first time--Satan's family tree, providing a history and analysis of his fellow fallen angels from Asmodeus to Ziminiar. Throughout the book, there are short entries on individual demons, but Pandemonium is more than just a visual encyclopedia. It also focuses on the influence of figures like Beelzebub, Azazel, Lilith, and Moloch on Western religion, literature, and art. Ranging from the earliest scriptural references to demons through the contemporary era, when the devils took on a subtler form, Pandemonium functions as a compendium of Lucifer's subjects, from Dante's The Divine Comedy to John Milton's Paradise Lost, and all the points in between. Containing rarely seen illustrations of very old treatises on demonology, as well as more well-known works by the great masters of Western painting, this book celebrates t |