The three centuries from 1400 to 1700 saw not only a great rebirth of European art, but also a religious mania centred on fears of Hell, damnation, and Witchcraft - the latter igniting Europe\'s great witch persecutions, a blood-crazed holocaust against women.
The combination of Classical painting and the war against Satanic forces produced some of the most astonishing images in the history of art: landscapes of Hell populated by demons, twisted monsters and the bloody tortures of the damned; sai.
The three centuries from 1400 to 1700 saw not only a great rebirth of European art, but also a religious mania centred on fears of Hell, damnation, and Witchcraft - the latter igniting Europe\'s great witch persecutions, a blood-crazed holocaust against women
