dark christian art

melancholyc, dark,  eschatological, gloomy arts mainly on antique christian productions. personal studies purpose.

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The Scarlet Woman   ||   Babalon

The Ninth Gate (1999)   ||   The Club Dumas, novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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Detail from The Temptation of Saint Anthony 17c by David Rijckaert III 

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Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur. France ~ ca.1450-1470 Bodleian Library • Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Francisco de Goya - Saint Francis Borgia at the Deathbed of an Impenitent, detail. 1788

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Dr Faustus in the Magic Circle. Relations of matter of fact, concerning witches & witchcraft. London ~ 1693 Boston Public Library • Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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Stefano Della Bella

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Devil. Fragmento del políptico de San Cristóbal. Parroquia de San Cristóbal, Heredia, España ~ 15th century Photo; Cris Balboa • Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

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En llegado la ocasión Calaveras del montón

Calaveras newspaper illustrations, circa 1900.

José Guadalupe Posada

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Gran Calavera Eléctrica, mexican newspaper, XX century.

José Guadalupe Posada

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As Above, So Below | Daniele Valeriani | 2018

Oil on canvas

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Leonaert Bramer - Dives, tormented by demons in hell, 16th century

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Vanitas painting, Jan van Kessel, XVII century

carnal pleasures, such as beauty, are finite

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Baroque florals by  Daniel Seghers, XVII century.

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Loth e as filhas,  século XVII,  145 cm - 199 cm

Andrea Vaccaro

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beautifully restored sculpture, in 2015

“ The statue was originally erected at St. Eugene Roman Catholic Church when it was built in the mid-20th century.“ - font

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Face of Jesus