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The art of darkness : a treasury of the morbid, melancholic and macabre

"The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks from throughout history which have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic and macabre. Throughout history, artists have been obsessed with darkness - creating works that haunt and horrify, mesmerise an...

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Main Author: S. Elizabeth (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Frances Lincoln , 2022
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: The art of darkness
Author Notes:S. Elizabeth
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: in praise of shadow
  • Part one. It's all in your mind
  • Dreams & nightmares
  • Psychological distress
  • Whispers from the void
  • Part two. The human condition
  • Ailments & afflictions
  • Depravity & destruction
  • Matters of mortality
  • Part three. The world around us
  • Darkness in bloom
  • Where the wild things are
  • Mysterious landscapes, ruins & ravaged places
  • Part four. Visions from beyond. Gods & monsters
  • The restless dead & other eerie entities
  • Dark arts & forbidden mysteries.