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Val Telberg (Russian, 1910 - 1995)

Self-portrait. 1948 - 1952

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Houska Castle – Gates to Hell

This 800 year old castle is located in the mountains north of Prague. In the Czech Republic it is refered to as the Gates of Hell due to its haunting reputation.

It is said that the giant pit this castle was built on top of is the gateway to hell. The castle was constructed to seal away the evil. The structure of the castle itself is designed to keep people in rather than keep people out.

There are tales about half human - half beast like creatures emerging from the bottomless pit and strange moaning can be heard throughout the castle. There is one story about a duke who would pardon any criminal if they would be lowered into the pit using a rope and report back what they saw. One criminal was lowered into the pit and started to scream in terror. When they pulled him up they saw that his hair had turned all white and the man had gone mad.

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Marianne Breslauer, Self-portrait, Berlin, 1933

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The Unicorn and Virgin Peter Proksch

According to the Physiologus, the unicorn is a small kid-like animal that can be captured only through the agency of a virgin. The unicorn is attracted by her scent and once it sees her jumps into her lap and falls asleep.

In Psychology and Alchemy Carl Jung stresses this analogy and quotes a passage from the Speculum de mysteriis ecclesiae by Honorius:

the very fierce animal with only one horn is called unicorn. In order to catch it, a virgin is put in a field; the animal then comes to her and is caught, because it lies down in her lap. Christ is represented by this animal, and his insuperable strength by its horn. He, who lay down in the womb of the Virgin, has been caught by the hunters; that is to say, he was found in human shape by those who loved him --Jung 1953

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As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh, Susan Sontag.

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Barry Ryan - Krizia Ad (Linea Italiana 1979)

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from @__ecclesia on ig . “empress diadem”

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'shadow of descent' by maddy rosenberg, 2003 in the book as art: artists' books from the national museum of women in the arts - krystyna wasserman (2011)