Book Description
A collection of vintage Christmas cards for very bad little girls and boys. The Devil in Design is
a fascinating, full-color compendium of extremely rare, late 19th and early 20th-century Krampus postcards culled
from key postcard collections from around the world. Lavishly illustrated with over a 150 striking and stylized
full-page examples, the book also includes a short introduction tracing the character's origin and its overwhelming
popularity throughout Europe. In the Christmas traditions of Europe, the Krampus is Saint Nicholas's dark servant—a
hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps! Whereas
Saint Nicholas would reward children who had been good all year with treats, those that had been disobedient were
paid a visit by the Krampus.
The Krampus terrorized the bad until they promised to be good. Some he'd spank; others he'd whip, while others he'd shackle, stuff into his large wooden basket, and then hurl into the flames of Hell! Such scenarios were delineated by skilled and imaginative Old World craftsmen, printed on penny postcards and disseminated throughout Europe.
The Devil in Design is the first English-language book to offer this breathtaking collection of the finest,
rarest, and most visually-stunning Krampus cards history has left to offer. 168 pages full-color illustrations.
The Devil in Design: The Krampus Postcards
The Devil in Design: The Krampus Postcards,Monte Beauchamp,Fantagraphics Books,1560975423,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Commercial - General,Graphic Arts - General,Popular Culture - General,Postcards,Devil in art,Demonology in art
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