Open AccessThe seven deadly sins: Images of pride and transience
Author(s) -
Jerzy Limon,
David Malcolm
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
beyond philology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-1498
pISSN - 1732-1220
DOI - 10.26881/bp.2020.2.07
Subject(s) - lust , pride , sloth , art , painting , art history , perspective (graphical) , comedy , performance art , literature , history , philosophy , visual arts , theology , paleontology , biology
The aim of this paper is to look at the works of William Shakespeare and the seven deadly sins from the perspective of painting. The seven deadly sins include pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. The paper presents, among others, an analysis of the painting by Hieronymus Bosch with that very title – The Seven Deadly Things and the Four Last Things, with reference to such works by Shakespeare as A Comedy of Errors, Richard III or Twelfth Night.