Bun

Pickin' up on that feline beat.

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Detail from “In the Presence of the Lord” by Francesc Masriera

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Ophelia

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こうの史代

この世界の片隅に 夕凪の街 桜の国

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Archangel Michael Hurls the Rebellious Angels into the Abyss (detail) by Luca Giordano, circa 1666.

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Hieronymus Bosch, Hell. This is the whole vertical panel (one of four of Paradise and Hell), of one of Bosch’s exceptional luminous scenes. Fire may have had a special intensity for Bosch due to a catastrophic fire in his town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch that set thousands of homes ablaze, which Bosch likely witnessed at the young age of thirteen. One can compare the fire-lit darkness in this panel to the burning city in the right panel of Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights. Here he achieved this using a wet-on-wet technique to paint the light over a layer of black, illuminating the tortured souls below.

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Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation over the Dead Christ or Dead Christ (detail), 1480

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Burgonet: A mermaidlike siren forming the helmet’s comb holds a grimacing head of Medusa by the hair. The sides of the helmet are covered with acanthus scrolls inhabited by putti, a motif derived from ancient Roman sculpture and wall paintings. Dated 1543.

Filippo Negroli (ca. 1510–1579)

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The Dragon Devouring the Companions of Cadmus (detail) by Hendrick Goltzius, 1588.

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Sisyphus, Titian, 1548-49

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Detail from Perseus and Andromeda by Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael.

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Side chapel of the Cathedral of Ravenna, housing a miraculous image of the Madonna and Child.

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Rubens, Head of Medusa, 1615, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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The torments of hell by Carl Ludwig Beutler, 1669.

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The Fall of the Damned by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620.

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The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Jan Deyman (detail) by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1656.

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Christ’s Descent into Hell (detail) from a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, second quarter of the 16th century.