Halloween Thoughts | The Devil, the Demon and the Vampire | Lecture Series 2 of 3

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Monday 19th October | 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

A LIVE Lit & Phil Event | £6

Demons fforence Baptistery | Image provided by promoter

Monday 19th October | 6pm

A series of three illustrated lectures on the visual history of some of our favourite traditional characters from beyond the bounds of our everyday experience.

By Gail-Nina Anderson.

The Devil, the Demon and the Vampire

This is the season to look again at creatures of the night, pondering whether the vampire at your window is a reanimated corpse or a demon lover, and whether the demon is a fallen angel or a hideous hybrid. How have stereotypes arisen, and how in visual art might you possibly convey the notion of Satan as the embodiment of Ultimate Evil, especially when there’s a dragon somewhere in the mixture? Scaly, seductive, bat-winged, red horned, dark cloaked, fanged – let’s survey the way we see the real bad boys of Halloween in art and popular culture.

Members’ priority booking till 21st September

A LIVE Lit & Phil Event | £6

(If you would prefer to book directly over the phone, please call the Library Desk team on 0191 232 0192 and they will be happy to help)