The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli.

- This painting's dreamlike and erotic evocation of infatuation and obsession was a huge popular success when it was created.
- It was parodied in political satire a lot.
- Fuseli ended up producing at least three other versions.

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Silence.
Henry Fuseli.
Speaks volumes.

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Henry Fuseli.
Die drei Hexen erscheinen in Macbeth und Banquo, Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts.

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"Silence" (1799) by Henry Fuseli.

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👁️🖤👁️ My piece vs the painting "The nightmare" by Henry Fuseli.

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The Nightmare- Henry Fuseli.

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“Sin pursued by Death.”

1804 engraving by Moses Haughton, Jr., after a 1794–96 Milton Gallery painting by Henry Fuseli.

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The Shepherd's Dream from Paradise Lost by Henry Fuseli.

In the poem, Milton compares the fallen angels in the Hall of Pandemonium in Hell to the fairies who bewitch a passing peasant with the sound of their music and dancing.

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Queen of Elphame is the elfin queen of Faerie, or Fairyland, mentioned in Scottish witch trials.

🎨Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen . (c. 1788) By Henry Fuseli.

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The Shepherd's Dream, 1786 by John Henry Fuseli. This is a drawing with black chalk, brush, ink and brown ink, sanguine, white chalk and wash over pencil on paper. A technique also used by William Blake.

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We're going to kick off today's with the ethereal beauty of The Shepherd's Dream from 'Paradise Lost' by Henry Fuseli. We especially love the use of colour to create light in the dark.

This one's from .

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Enjoy these works by Henry Fuseli.
1. Kriemhild sees the dead Siegfried in a dream
2. Brunhild observing Gunther, whom she has tied to the ceiling
3. Kriemhild shows Gunther in prison the Nibelungen ring
4. Kriemhild shows Hagen Gunther’s head

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After his parents died in 1797 he moved his studio to their home in London, together with his assistants (including William Etty). Woman (c1796-8), Sir Samuel Shepherd (c1796) & Satan Summoning his Legions (1796-7). The latter may have been inspired by Henry Fuseli.

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⚡️ Mythologie Nordique 🏔

Thor frappant le serpent de Midgard, par Henry Fuseli.

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Late 1700s & early 1800s Britain was in some ways an enchanted era, of great esoteric creativity.

Magic inspired awesome artworks, from the poems of Burns & Wordsworth, to the paintings of Henry Fuseli.

Below:

The Nightmare
The Night Hag
Fairy Mab
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow

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Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent is a 1790 painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It depicts one of the most popular myths in Germanic mythology, Thor's fishing trip with a giant. The nude and muscular Thor stands in Hymir's boat with the Jörmungandr on his fish hook.

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Have you seen the fairyland masterpieces of Charles Altamont Doyle (father to the famed author)? The whimsical works reflect the popular 18-century trend of fairy art, started in Britain by artists like and https://t.co/naC7pADLWf

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Sarpedon, son of Zeus, was slain in the Trojan War. A struggle took place for the possession of his body until Apollo rescued it from the Greeks, washed it, anointed it with ambrosia, and handed it over to Hypnos and Thanatos to be buried.

Art by Swiss painter Henry Fuseli.

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Hamlet and his father's Ghost (1785) by Henry Fuseli.

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