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in heaven everything is fine

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Sophia, from Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer (The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians), published at Altona in 1785

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Rock of Ages (1912)

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Helen Gerritzen, 'Ana Mendieta, where are you?'

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THE SECRET CHARTS - FIG. P THOMAS WOODRUFF // 1994-95 [acrylic on linen | 28 × 24"]

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Death of the Veiled King, (c.1893) Mixed media on wood panel — Charlotte Major Wyllie (British, 1828-1909)

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Goethe's Faust by Harry Clarke (1927)

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Judith slaying Holofernes

Harry Clarke

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Ernst Fuchs (1930-2015) - Salome

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“The book’s reputation, however, rests on a decorative detail that overwhelms: To each page, Garland added languid, crimson drops in red India ink, hanging from the cut-out images like pendalogues from a chandelier. Blood drips from platters of grapes and tree boughs, statuaries and skeletons. Crosses seep, a cheetah drools, angels dangle bloody sashes. A bouquet of white chrysanthemums is spritzed.

To be clear, Garland’s blood is not that of surgery or crime or menses, but of religious iconography. He obviously intended the blood to represent Christ’s own. And yet the final work suggests that the properties of actual blood tugged the artist’s shirtsleeves, pulling him away from the symbol and towards its source. It’s as if God gave Garland permission to fetishize hemorrhage.”

pages from “the blood book,” by john bingley garland ca. 1850–60. (via)

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Ascension of the soul

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Ice Storm ~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1998

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations form Lysistrata by Norman Lindsay (1930)

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martha graham: sixteen dances in photographs - barbara morgan (1941)

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Art by Leonora Carrington, (1917 - 2011)

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'Wisdom's Devils' by Norman Lindsay, 1932