MELLAN HIMMEL OCH HELVETE (Between Heaven and Hell).

Author: Cederlöf, Ulf, ed
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 95
Illustrations: 24 Color Illustrations. 51 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9171005269
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 3794

Price: $21.50

Discover the eerie similarities between medieval drawings and Slayer t-shirts in this exploration of depictions of topics such as Heaven, Hell, Death, and Martyrdom throughout the history of art. From the 1960s through the 1980s, there has been an increasing obsession with these topics within youth culture. An exhibition of impressive scope, this book includes illustrations by Albrecht Dürer, Edvard Munch, Francisco Goya and Alphonse Mucha compared with an array of pop culture t-shirt and record illustrations from bands such as Sepultura, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead. This exhibition embarks on an in-depth examination of the recurrence of these themes, as evidenced by its chapter titles such as: Holiness and Martyrdom, Time and Death, Witches and Satan, the Psychedelic Hangover, and the Eruption of the Spiritual in the 1960s, to name a few.