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William Hogarth (1697-1764), Tailpiece or the Bathos, 1764, engraving. - Hogarth created The Bathos toward the end of his life. It is considered one of the bleakest artworks of the 18th century because it depicts the Apocalypse without an afterlife. The Angel of Death even collapses in exhaustion after having destroyed the world. In his hand is an execution decree and around him lies a mass of broken objects.

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William Hogarth (1697-1764), The Four Stages of Cruelty (1751). - Each print depicts a different stage in the life of the fictional Tom Nero. The prints were intended as a form of moral instruction; Hogarth was dismayed by the routine acts of cruelty he witnessed on the streets of London. Issued on cheap paper, the prints were destined for the lower classes. The series shows a roughness of execution and a brutality that is untempered by the funny touches common in Hogarth’s other works, but which he felt was necessary to impress his message on the intended audience. Read more - Aesthethos Facebook - Instagram - Shop

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Vanitas, engraving by Jan Saenredam (1565-1607) after Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651). - VANITAS T-SHIRT

#vanitas #vanity #allegory #memento mori #still life #wood engraving #classic art #old masters #jan saenredam #abraham bloemaert #dutch artist #t-shirt #aesthethos

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Albert Krüger (1858-1910), Arnold Böcklin's self-portrait with Death, 1899, wood engraving. - Aesthethos Facebook - Instagram - Shop

#arnold bocklin #symbolism #wood engraving #graphic art #angel of death #dark academia #aesthethos

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Firma Mors, illustration by Otto Leitz for Jugend Magazine no. 40 (1903).

#vintage illustration #jugend magazine #jugendstil #german art #illustration #death #dark art #aesthethos

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General Mors, illustration by Hans Anetsberger (1870-1942) for Jugend Magazine no. 25 (1904).

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Odilon Redon (1840-1916), And his name that sat on him was Death (Et celui qui etait monte dessus se nonmait la Mort) from the series Apocalypse of Saint John (Apocalypse de Saint-Jean par Odilon Redon), 1899, lithograph.

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Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), was a German symbolist painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect. Stuck was best known for his paintings of ancient mythology and religious themes. - Mysterious Art Century Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest - Shop

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Engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883) illustrating Canto XVI of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. - As Dante and Virgil prepare to leave Circle Seven, they are met by the fearsome figure of Geryon, Monster of Fraud. Virgil arranges for Geryon to fly them down to Circle Eight. He climbs onto the monster’s back and instructs Dante to do the same. Then he called out: “Now, Geryon, we are ready: bear well in mind that his is living weight and make your circles wide and your flight steady.” As a small ship slides from a beaching or its pier, backward, backward — so that monster slippedback from the rim. And when he had drawn clear he swung about, and stretching out his tail he worked it like an eel, and with his paws he gathered in the air, while I turned pale.

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Henry Weston Keen (1899-1935), Skull Crowned with Snakes and Flowers, The Duchess of Malfi, 1930s, pen and ink, and wash. Metropolitan Museum of Art

#henry weston keen #the met #ink drawing #dark art #illustration #skull #aesthethos

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Illustration by Edmund Joseph Sullivan (1869-1933) for The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1900). - FLOWERS AND DEATH T-SHIRT

#edmund joseph sullivan #the rubaiyat of omar khayyam #old illustration #lithography #art nouveau #vintage print #angel of death #greatful dead #dark art #t-shirt #aesthetic

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918): 1. Judith I (Judith and the Head of Holofernes), 2. Judith II (Salome).

#gustav klimt #vienna secession #classic painting #old masters #salome #judith and holofernes

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), Medicine, 1900-1907. - The Klimt University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings, also known as the Faculty Paintings, were a series of paintings made by Gustav Klimt for the ceiling of the University of Vienna's Great Hall between the years of 1900-1907. In 1894, Klimt was commissioned to paint the ceiling. Upon presenting his paintings, Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence, Klimt came under attack for 'pornography' and 'perverted excess' in the paintings. None of the paintings would go on display in the University. In May 1945, it is contended that all three paintings were destroyed when retreating SS forces set fire to the building they were housed in. However, this is unverified. - Aesthethos Facebook - Instagram - Shop

#gustav klimt #vienna secession #austrian art #old masters #art detail #art history #classic painting #dark art #aesthethos

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Edgard Maxence (1871-1954), Devant le lutrin, 1912.

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A dragon devouring the companions of Cadmus by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) after Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638), 1588, engraving. - T-SHIRT

#hendrick goltzius #cornelis corneliszoon van haarlem #16th century #baroque art #old masters #wood engraving #dragon #medieval #t-shirt

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Louis Candide Boulanger (1806-1867), Ronde du Sabbat, 1828, lithograph.

#louis candide boulanger #sabbath #lucifer #satanism #lithography #dark art #old illustration #aesthethos

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William Blake (1757-1827), The Book of Job: Pl. 16, Thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked, 1825, engraving.

#william blake #book illustration #19th century #engraving #religious art #hell #judgement day #aesthethos