Finding Beauty in Darkness

Horror, macabre art, crime, memento mori, taphophilia and thanatos. "Death is certain, its hour is uncertain." Latin proverb

[seasonofhorror]

THE LOVE WITCH

2016, dir. Anna Biller

[your-worst-boy]

Ginger Snaps (2000) BTS photos

[deathandmysticism]

De kapelle der dooden, 1741

[travellingwiththedead]

I've been on holiday in Barcelona, pic spam incoming ;) Here we have the Cemetiri de Poblenou. Cute little cemetery near the beach, lots of walls for coffins and/or urns and a small town of mausoleums.

Also this guy:

(that skeleton looks really good)

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Montjuïc Cemetery

[moonlitgravess]

[ducissatenebrarum]

"The Underworld," by Jan Brueghel the Younger, ca 1640. Medium: Oil on oak panel.

[catchymemes]

[ducissatenebrarum]

A crypt door at Old Brompton Cemetery in London, featuring symbolic artwork: an ouroboros (a snake eating its own tail, death/rebirth), inverted torches, which represented the end of life, and a winged hourglass (Tempus fugit, time is fleeting). PS: I wish this was the front door of my house.

Photo credit: Marcus Propostus

[opera-ghost]

Visit Original Link

the song of the summer just dropped

[nonalimmen]

Full Interview

“Have I been here before?” is what you might be thinking when looking through Nona Limmen’s photography works. Though they lean more towards

[vamp-orwave]

If you've been on goth tumblr for a hot minute, you might not know the name Nona Limmen, but you've seen her beautiful photography.

“Shadow work, dreams, the unspoken, mythology, the occult, that's where my art is born.

Sometimes, it feels like my work has roots in two worlds: the world of the seen and the unseen. My photography isn’t super crisp or glossy, nor is it overly staged or planned. They are worlds created for the dreamers, the late bloomers, the misunderstood, and those who are going through times of hardship. It is for anyone nostalgic for arms that have never held them.

My wish for my art is to heal and encourage others, to make them feel seen, heard, and understood -that it triggers to engage the viewer in a very personal inner dialogue, whether positively or negatively. Something that evokes strong emotions or has a significant impact on them. I hope that my work leaves a mark in one way or another.”

Read more at the link provided, and give her the love she deserves here on tumblr!

[th0rns]

Welford Road Cemetery by Alex Hannam

[alicebelladonna]

Sunny cemetery🪦⚰️

[charnel-grounds]

Marie Schleinzer (1874–1949) in her unique “Bat-woman” costume (made with real taxidermy bats) as an allegorical force of evil in the ballet “Around Vienna” performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1894

— ph. Adele K.u.K Hof-Atelier, Wien, c. 1895

© Theatermuseum, Wien

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"Les Emblemes Nouveaux," by Andreas Friedrich, 1617.

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[deathandmysticism]

Repertorio di una compagnia della commedia dell’arte, 1580