{"product_id":"the-seven-deadly-sins-and-seven-heavenly-virtues-a-visual-history-hardcover","title":"The Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a richly illustrated, large-format exploration of how humanity has attempted to understand morality, self-control, and spiritual struggle through art, religion, and philosophy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented as a substantial hardcover volume with extensive color imagery throughout, the book brings together visual history and cultural analysis in a form designed for browsing as much as reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by scholar and cultural critic Ed Simon, the book examines the enduring symbolic power of the seven deadly sins and their corresponding virtues--concepts that have shaped ethical thought and artistic expression for centuries. Unlike angels bound to obedience or demons consigned to rebellion, human beings occupy an unsettled moral terrain, defined by competing impulses toward excess and restraint, vice and virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross its generously illustrated pages, the book draws on a wide range of visual material, including religious art, painting, manuscript imagery, and later cultural representations. Each chapter situates a sin and its corresponding virtue within theological, philosophical, and historical contexts, showing how these moral categories have evolved over time--from tools of instruction and warning to frameworks for interpreting human behavior and social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned as both a visual reference and a cultural history, the book invites readers to linger over imagery while tracing the shifting meanings of concepts such as pride and humility, greed and generosity, lust and chastity. The result is a volume that captures humanity at its most aspirational and most flawed, through illustrations as compelling as the ideas they reflect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompleting a thematic trilogy with \u003ci\u003ePandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElysium: A Visual History of Angelology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues\u003c\/i\u003e turns its focus squarely toward humanity itself--offering a visually immersive meditation on moral imagination across art, religion, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEd Simon\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar, essayist, and cultural critic whose work explores the intersections of literature, religion, art, and history. He is Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department at Carnegie Mellon University and serves as Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eBelt Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pittsburgh Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon is the author of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003ePandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElysium: A Visual History of Angelology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Heavenly Virtues: A Visual History\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain\u003c\/i\u003e. His work is known for combining rigorous scholarship with accessible prose, bringing complex religious and cultural subjects to a broad readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis essays and criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAeon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He holds a PhD in English from Lehigh University and lives in Pittsburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.97 x 7.89 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47782232457469,"sku":"9781419774102","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/3_0Y2m4FIt9781419774102.webp?v=1783073199","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-seven-deadly-sins-and-seven-heavenly-virtues-a-visual-history-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}