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Mythology & Fairy Tale – Monsters & Devils
We continue our pictorial lead up to Halloween with a bit of the beastly. In the Mythology & Fairy Tale – Monsters & Devils folder you will find 93 images. Below we offer, like so many virgins on a satanic alter table, a sampling. Please enjoy the smooth electro stylings of the Electric Hellfire Club while you peruse them.
Old Rosicurian Order Illustration of Kabbalistic symbolism
Ritual America, 2012, by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heimbichner.
“The Last Judgement” by Fra Angelico
(detail)
Illustration CA. 1910-1919, reprinted in Smithsonian Magazine, 2003
The Life Book of Christmas, Vol 2: The Pageantry of Christmas, 1963.
“Horror and Drollery are combined in this 15th century illustration of a miracle play. It depicts angels battling a band of devils for possession of the Castle of Faith.”
“Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons” by Martin Schongauer
From the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jacob S. Rogers Fund, 1920.
Previews, July 1991.
Dürer, the harrowing of hell, 1512
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Previews, July 1991 [?]
Scenes from the unreleased ending of The Phantom of the Opera, Dir. Rupert Julian, 1925.
Pictured: stars Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin
“The Phantom is redeemed by Christne’s compassionate kiss.”
Film Still
Eyes Without a Face, 1960, Dir. Georges Franju.
Starring Edith Scob (Pictured)
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Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Cemeteries
From the longer poem Outside the Ossuary by David Pemberton
In the Cemeteries folder there are 80 pictures. Here are a few:
Ancient Sarcophagi
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Chester Street Burying-Ground
The Century Magazine, Vol XXVIII, No 5. September 1884.
The Cappucine Cemetery
Travel, January 1927.
Little Falls Cemetery
Grave of Three Soldiers, Germany, 1949.
Photo by David Seymour “Chim”
City of the Dead
Cairo, Egypt
From the longer poem Outside the Ossuary by David Pemberton
Perspective
The Picture Collection’s Perspective folder currently contains 54 images. Ranging from international cityscapes to fine art photography, these images are sure to help any cartoonist or animator in nailing down those difficult perspective shots, as well as photographers and filmmakers in broadening their eye. The folder contains an array of editorial photographs from magazines (past and present) and even a few ‘magic eye tricks’ and diagrams from psychology books. Overlooked and underestimated–this folder is sure to give your eye some interesting… perspective!
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. Sylvia Mangold, “Opposite Corners”, Acrylic on Canvas. June, 1973; 78 x 63 3/4″
Photographer: Bob Coyle
SVA Library Picture & Periodicals Collections 