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[classicalcanvas]

Galatea (1847) by Charles Jalabert

[requiem-on-water]

“The Sorrows of Satan” (1926) film still | dir. by D. W. Griffith | A cinematic image immortalized through Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” (1979) cover artwork.

[throatoftheworld]

The Calling of Samuel by Gustave Doré, 1877

[7pleiades7]

Saint Cecilia, (Detail), (c. 1686), by Onorio Marinari (Italian, 1627 – 1715), oil on canvas, 72 x 57.5 cm (approximately 28.3 x 22.6 in), Private Collection

[7pleiades7]

Bellona, (Detail), (1633), by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606 – 1669), oil on canvas, 50 x 38 3/8 in. (127 x 97.5 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

[charnel-grounds]

Marcel Roux (1878–1922), “La Visiteuse (la Mort)”

etching, 1907 — source

[ddestroyangels]

'Saint John the Baptist' (1635-40) by Cesare Fracanzano (1605–1651)

located: Capodimonte Museum, Naples (Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli)

[charnel-grounds]

Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), “Daphne”

etching, n.d. (c. 1960-87)

source

[charnel-grounds]

Georg Erler (1871–1950), “Death and the Maiden”

etchings, c. early 20th century — source

[throatoftheworld]

Crimson Tide by Maéna Paillet, 2025

[throatoftheworld]

The Holy Grail by Devin Becker

[charnel-grounds]

“What’s Humane Life, Where Nothing Long Can Stand? Time Flyes, Our Glory Fades, and Death’s at Hand.”

William Faithorne the Younger (c. 1669–1703) after William Faithorne (c. 1620–1691) after Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)

mezzotint & etching on paper, c. 1669–1703 — source

[moonvanian]

The Creatures (Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie), circa 1983

[probuccalfat]

in honour of 47 years of bela lugosi’s dead, here is my favourite tweet about it

[elegantenemyfury]

[varitsela]

[canadiandogt33th]

october_midnight ~ the oldest bones know the path