Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World) | Ludwik Stasiak | c. 1900 Pietro Antonio Rotari Their heads form the skull’s

Their heads form the skull’s eye sockets

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The dynamic interplay of light and shadow

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Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World) | Ludwik Stasiak | c. 1900 Pietro Antonio Rotari Their heads form the skull’sAbout the artwork: In Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World), Ludwik Stasiak presents evil not as chaos, but as authority, control, and worldly domination. Painted around 1900, the work shows Satan enthroned like a ruler, surrounded by symbols of death, broken power, and material corruption, which turns the image into a moral and political allegory rather than a simple religious scene. The title is essential because Lord of the World suggests that