Lucifer in the Giudecca | Filippo Bigioli | 1860 Select Size:48" x 32" Felix Nussbaum's "Fear" or "Self-Portrait

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

Ludwik Stasiak presents evil not as chaos

Through dramatic contrasts of light

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

Lucifer in the Giudecca | Filippo Bigioli | 1860 Select Size:48" x 32" Felix Nussbaum's "Fear" or "Self-PortraitAbout 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