Lucifer in the Giudecca | Filippo Bigioli | 1860 Select Size:48" x 32" Stoskopff's meticulous attention to detail

Stoskopff's meticulous attention to detail and use of light and shadow imbue the scene with a sense of solemnity and introspection

while his meticulous rendering of architectural elements and fantastical beings creates a sense of awe and wonder

Painted in 1940 after the outbreak of World War II and shortly after Salvador Dalí fled war-torn Europe

Ludwik Stasiak presents evil not as chaos

Felix Nussbaum's "Fear" or "Self-Portrait with His Niece Marianna" (1941) is a poignant exploration of familial bonds amidst the backdrop of war and persecution

Lucifer in the Giudecca | Filippo Bigioli | 1860 Select Size:48" x 32" Stoskopff's meticulous attention to detailAbout the artwork: In Filippo Bigiolis Lucifer in the Giudecca the three figures being gnawed by Lucifer are drawn directly from Dantes Inferno, where Satan is described with three mouths eternally chewing the worst traitors in human history. In Dantes vision these three sinners are Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Christ; Brutus, one of the main conspirators in the assassination of Julius Caesar; and Cassius, who also participated in that