Figure 5-8. Signorelli, Preaching of the Anti-Christ (detail showing the Devil speaking to the Anti-Christ). (Archivio Fotografico Plurigraf Narni-Terni-Italia)
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Somewhat later, Freud did hint that there may be some connection between the painting and the themes of death and sexuality, but he did not follow it up; he left the reader with the slip “explained” on the basis of the external surface associations mentioned above. Schimek’s primary point is that Freud’s deep, underlying anxiety about death, sexuality, and