1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910430959303321

Autore

Scetti, Fabio

Titolo

La communauté portugaise de Montréal : langue et identité / Fabio Scetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Québec, : PUL, 2019

ISBN

9782763742991

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 296 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Collection Sociologie contemporaine , 1713-0611

Disciplina

469.09

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

469 SCE 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462048103321

Autore

Graf Arturo <1848-1913.>

Titolo

Art of the Devil [[electronic resource] /] / Arturo Graf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Parkstone International, c2009

ISBN

1-283-95761-2

1-78042-994-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Temporis collection

Disciplina

704.9487

Soggetti

Devil - Christianity

Devil in art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of Il diavolo. Originally published in Italian in 1889. With new illustrations.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Introduction; The Devil; The Person of the Devil; The Number, Abodes, Qualities, Orders, Hierarchy, Knowledge and Power of Devils; Acts of the Devil; The Devil as Tempter; The Loves and the Offspring of the Devil; Pacts with the Devil; Magic; The History of Magic and Magical Practices; Magicians and Witches; The Inquisition: The Persecution of Magic; Hell; More about Hell; Defeats of the Devil; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The Devil holds the strings which move us!" (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.)Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer... the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them along the path of righteousness. For other artists, such as Hieronymus Bosch, they provided a means of denouncing the moral decrepitude of one's contemporaries. In the same way, literature dealing wit