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- Many pieces of [witch] art that were fascinated and created by great artists.
- 108 pages
Witches have appeared in mythology, the Bible, literature, and art since ancient times, and have continued to exist with people. How did great artists such as Dürer, Brueghel, Goya, Delacroix, Klee, and Miro depict witches? Introducing the history and evolution of witches and their iconography from BC to the present day.
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18 Important works telling the story of witches (“Odysseus and Circe”) Attributed to the Oinochoe painter of Brussels / c. 470-460 BC / Clay / Height 20.2 cm / Louvre Museum, Paris
“Adoration of the Goats” or “Scenes from the Sabbath” Marguerite de York / Illustration from Jean Tinctor [On the Sins of the Waldensians] / 1470-1480 / Colored on parchment / 24.9 x 18 cm / National Library of France ,Paris
“The Witch” Albrecht Dürer / around 1500 / Copper engraving / 11.7 x 7.2 cm / Uffizi Gallery, Florence
“The Two Witches” Hans Baldung Green / circa 1523
Mixed media, board/65.3 x 45.6cm/Städel Museum, Frankfurt
“Madwoman Fleet” Pieter Brueghel (father) / 1563 / Oil on board / 115 x 161 cm / Mayer van den Berg Museum, Antwerp, etc.)
Unexpected works that tell the story of witches 19 (“A scene from a play: A visit to the sorcerer”) Dioscorido de Samos / 2nd century BC / Mosaic / 42 x 35 cm / National Archaeological Museum, Naples
“The Witch” Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, commonly known as Guercino / circa 1640 / Ink on paper / 19.5 x 17 cm / Royal Collection, England
“Scene with a Witch” Salvator Rosa/circa 1645-1649/Oil on canvas/Diameter 54.5cm/Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
“The Horned Witch” Author unknown / 18th century / Oil on canvas / Private collection
“The Three Witches of Macbeth” Daniel Gardner / 1775 / Gouache chalk on canvas / 94 x 79 cm / National Portrait Gallery, London, etc.)
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