ArthistorianandcriticAlastairSookerevealshowtheDevil'simagewascreatedbyartistsoftheMiddleAges.Heexploreshow,inthecenturiesbetweenthebirthofChristandtheRenaissance,visualinterpretationsoftheDevilevolved,withtheembodimentofevilappearingindifferentguises-tempter,tyrant,andrebelliousangel.AlastairshowshowartistsusedtheirimaginationstogiveformtoSatan,whosedescriptionisabsentfromtheBible.ExploringsomeofthemostremarkableartinEurope,hetellsthestoriesbehindthatartandexaminesthereligioustextsandthinkingwhichinspiredandinfluencedtheartists.Theresultisarichanduniquepictureofhowartandreligionhavecombinedtodefineimagesofgoodandevil.