concept

A white angel-like figure with wings being embraced by a black demon-like creature with ears with a quote from Friedrich Dürrenmatt stating that love is a miracle but evil is never very far away; a warning about AIDS by the AIDS-Hilfe Vorarlberg. Colour lithograph by Kurt Dornig.

A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.

Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.

Four physiognomies expressing evil characters. Drawing, c. 1792.

Natures picture drawn by fancies pencil to the life : being several feigned stories, comical, tragical, tragi-comical, poetical, romanicical, philosophical, historical, and moral : some in verse, some in prose, some mixt, and some by dialogues / written by ... the Duchess of Newcastle.

Evil genes : why Rome fell, Hitler rose, Enron failed and my sister stole my mother's boyfriend / Barbara Oakley.

The powers of evil in Western religion, magic and folk belief / Richard Cavendish.

Just babies : the origins of good and evil / by Paul Bloom.

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

We’re undertaking some research with website visitors to learn more about how people find access-related information provided by museums. This survey shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

Help us organize our website content.

Good and evil

Images

Catalogue

Natures picture drawn by fancies pencil to the life : being several feigned stories, comical, tragical, tragi-comical, poetical, romanicical, philosophical, historical, and moral : some in verse, some in prose, some mixt, and some by dialogues / written by ... the Duchess of Newcastle.

Two demonic physiognomies, expressive of malignity. Drawing, c. 1789.

Evil genes : why Rome fell, Hitler rose, Enron failed and my sister stole my mother's boyfriend / Barbara Oakley.

The powers of evil in Western religion, magic and folk belief / Richard Cavendish.

Just babies : the origins of good and evil / by Paul Bloom.