the Devil`s Vaudeville

Grotesque and Uncanny art from Renaissance until present

Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2015

Rinaldo Carnielo (1853 - 1910) - Tenax Vitae (Clinging Life)



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Labels: allegory, death, memento mori, romanticism, sculpture

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Death on the Barricades, by Alfred Rethel (1818 - 1859)


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Labels: death, engraving, memento mori

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Memento Mori: Two allegorical drawings by Jacopo Ligozzi (1547 - 1627)

Allegory of Envy

Death exterminating mankind
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Labels: death, disegno, mannerism, memento mori

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Memento Mori: Death on a Pale Horse, by J. M. W. Turner


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The Devil`s VauDeville is a blog that was created out of my personal love and interest for works of art that depict bizarre, grotesque, magical and sometimes fantastical motives and tropes.


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