Sujet

Doctor Faustus Conjuring Mephistophilis, 1929. Creator: Eric Ravilious.

Légende

Doctor Faustus Conjuring Mephistophilis, 1929. Faustus, a scholar, dabbles in necromancy and summons a Devil named Mephistophilis, who persuades Faustus to sell his soul to Lucifer. In this image, two linked dramas are enacted inside a timber framed building, the geometry of the setting influenced by Renaissance paintings that Ravilious had seen in Italy. A good angel confronts a bad angel, outlined by dark shadows, in the upper storey. Beneath, Faustus inside the magic circle conjures up the devil.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A05_335

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

31.6Mo (4.1Mo) / 23.4cm x 33.9cm / 2765 x 4000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England interior group religious education arts night doorway country dark religion art wing melancholy steps British museum English conflict shadow shadows door doors step angel kneeling darkness spooky good Renaissance location deal century gallery Britain inside ladder negotiation print geometric literature concept legend melancholic scholar magic circle devil evil winged twenties negotiating time of day B&W Satan posture geometrical negotiate macabre engraved engraving art gallery summoning Indoors black & white black and white B W Lucifer legendary Modernist 1920s Modernism 20th century folk tale split-level Faust folk story necromancy the Devil timber framed wood engraving Dr Faustus Doctor Faustus illustration portrait wood engraving Eric Ravilious Christopher Marlowe Marlowe Christopher Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum art centre Ravilious Eric Eric William Ravilious Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums 1929 Heritage Art Wood engraving on paper Aberdeen Archives