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DEMON LOVERS This erotic encounter with a demon (Демон) is painted by Mihály von Zichy (1827-1906) it depicts a poem called 'The Demon' by Mikhail Lermontov c.1829. See also 'Tamara and the Demon', Konstantin Makovsky, 1889

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2022-01-03

William Blake was born 1757. These illustrations by Blake are for the poem “The Grave” (1743) by Scottish poet Robert Blair, one of the so-called Graveyard Poets.

The Skeleton Reanimated
The Gambols of Ghosts
By an Open Grave

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2020-11-28

Outstanding artwork by Ivica Stevanovic

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2020-11-26

WATCH OUT FOR LITTLE JACK FROST! !

Little Jack Frost walked through the trees
“Ah” said the flowers “we freeze we freeze”
“Ah” said the grasses “we die we die”
Said little Jack Frost “good bye, good bye”

Charles Sangster (1875) ills. Herford; Ravencroft

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2020-11-20

The Night of Hecate, which begins November 16th at sunset, marks the night to honour the Three-Formed goddess Hecate, who's associated with liminal realms, the occult, & necromancy, & is the goddess of witchcraft & mystery.

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2020-11-16

Last tweet of the day for but inspiration for a little Mary Shelley waiting to be courted/morosely reading occurred.

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2020-11-15

"The walls of my castle are broken; the shadows are many, and the wind breathes cold through the broken battlements and casements. I love the shade and the shadow, and would be alone with my thoughts when I may."

—Bram Stoker, born 1847

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2020-11-08

Heinrich Lefler was born 1863. The first image, from his Mozart: Zwölf Gedichte (Twelve Poems, 1914), puts me in mind of a scene from just about any novel I've ever read.

Donna Anna (from Don Giovanni)
Godfather Death
Requiem

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2020-11-07

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Ecsedi Báthory Erzsébet) died in 1614.

1,2,3,4: Csók István

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2020-08-21

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind.
The story follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, an unloved orphan in 18th-century France who is born with an exceptional sense of smell, capable of distinguishing a vast range of scents in the world around him.

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2020-07-31

The art of the Italian painter and sculptor,
Nicola Samorì who is known for his contemporary interpretations of 16th and 17th-century European artworks, moreover, he makes also frequent references to older art styles — best described as dark and baroque.

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2020-07-30

Fire Keeper- Dark Souls

"The First Flame quickly fades.
Darkness will shortly settle.
But one day, tiny flames will dance across the darkness.
Like embers, linked by lords past."

"Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?"

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2020-07-30

Art by Fei F. Ou

1. Bearer of the Curse
2. O Chosen Undead
3. Born in Blood

(Source: https://t.co/ibySgSkLLY)

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2020-07-29

Bloodborne is an action RPG where the player, a Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian era–inspired city of Yharnam, whose inhabitants have been afflicted with an abnormal blood-borne disease. Ultimately attempting to find the source of the plague.

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2020-07-29


The authentic and vibrant details transmitted by artist Sarah Atwa, , for the Poster Posse Protégé program to convey the elements of —the upcoming Gothic themed Fantasy— into existence.

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2020-07-25

"Slumber"
By Samantha Young

A Sleeping Beauty may be the damsel in distress, Haydyn falls victim to the mysterious Sleeping Disease, the world of Phaedra is thrown into Chaos.



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2020-07-24