List der Toten

Lernt das Leben zu genießen… Leiden lehrt es euch.

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The future of humanity

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How to Pet a Cat by Randy Ortiz

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“Death and the Maiden”

anonymous, Continental School

oil on canvas, 1900

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English or Dutch. Skull Pendant: Crucifixion on Altar, and Skeleton, 17th century. Gold, enamel, diamonds, Open: 1.4 × 1.2 × 4 cm. The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Photo © AGO

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Leonhard Kern. The Dance of Death, mid-17th century. ivory, Overall: 10.2 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm. The Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Photo: Larry Ostrom. AGOID.29506

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Amazing Cabinets of Curiosties

Cane- Ca. 1870

This cane features a primates skull as a handle and a shaft made of the vertebrae of a reptiles spine. This highly collectible natural history and barely encountered cane is contemporary to Charles Darwin and his assumptions of natural selection. It has been raised that this cane could be an amulet cane designed to bring success to its bearer while hunting! Such a unique piece!!

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

etchings, c. early 20th century — source

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Dance of Death — Skeletons Playing Music anonymous, 18th century pastel on parchment

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Albert Hasselwander (1877–1954)

“Ein Anatomischer Totentanz.” München: J.F. Bergmann, 1926

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A skeleton holding a scythe in the style of a harvester. In "De Anatome Corporis Humanis"

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Paul-Emile Becat (1885–1960)

illustration to 1959 edition of “Le Pied fourchu” by René Boylesve

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Georg Erler (1871–1950)

“Scherzo in Moll” portfolio cover illustration, n.d.

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The Death of William the Conqueror, (1885)-Albert Maignan (French, 1845– 1908)

The scene depicts the chaotic and lonely aftermath of William the Conqueror's death in 1087, where his body was abandoned by courtiers seeking to secure their own positions.

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Richard Corben

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Wizard's Dreams", created by artist Richard Corben.

The painting was first published as a cover for the Corben calendar in 1986.

The work is inspired by Rembrandt's "Jeremiah Mourning the Destruction of Jerusalem"

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“Peace Bells” — Andreas Gering (1916)

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The title of this illustration may be: "Nascentes Morimur, Finisque Ab Origine Pendet," by David Rumsey, 1607.

"The serpent from the Garden of Eden an evil being, with bat wings and a tail that ends with a snake’s head. It has a skull for a head and it waves a branch with the piece of fruit that Eve ate."

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

etchings, c. early 20th century — source