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CHILLING PAINTINGS

Added on: 14th Nov 2016

 

"THE FACE OF WAR",

BY SALVADOR DALI

The Face of War, by Salvador Dalí

Spanish Surrealist painter Salvador Dali used the never

ending of death to protest against war in his painting entitled

“The Face of War”, painted between the Spanish Civil War

and World War 2.

 

 

"A NEW YOU COULD BE BORN TODAY",

BY SANTIAGO CARUSO

a new you could be born today, by Santiago Caruso

Santiago Caruso is also known for his avant-garde language

in poetry and seemingly post-apocalyptic scenes.

 

 

"THE NIGHTMARE",

BY HENRY FUSELI

the nightmare by henry fuseli

Henry Fuseli’s post famous painting, “The Nightmare”

conjures up chilling images of monsters under the

bed and things that go bump in the night.

 

 

"JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES",

BY CARAVAGGIO

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Better known for his Baroque paintings such as

“The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew”, Caravaggio also

had a dark side. Here, the Italian painter illustrates the

Deuteronomy story of the widow Judith gruesomely

decapitating the charmed Assyrian general Holofernes.

 

 

"MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS",

BY PETER PAUL RUBENS

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The Belgian painter Peter Paul Rubens brilliantly details the

brutality of King Herod’s infanticide crusade from the

Biblical Gospel of Matthew. Rubens’ painting captures the

shocking massacre of scores of children in this 1611-12 painting.

 

 

"DETERIORATION OF MIND OVER MATTER",

BY OTTO RAPP

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Austrian Otto Rapp painted this raw and gruesome

decomposing human skull atop a cage in 1973.

 

 

"SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON",

BY PETER PAUL RUBENS

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Various painters have depicted the Greek myth of the god

Cronus (Saturn in Roman mythology) eating his children

once they were born to prevent them from overthrowing him.

This Peter Paul Rubens version is especially gruesome due

to its life-like nature. (For another chilling version, search

for Spanish painter Goya’s depiction.)

 

 

"INFERNO",

BY ANONYMOUS

inferno by anonymous

This painting of hell by an unknown author depicts the various

kinds of torture inflicted on humans in hell, including

stabbing, hanging, and boiling.

 


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