Category Archives: art

Graham Humphreys Horror Art and Stained Glass Windows

April 1st, 2020 | Posted in art

The current edition of RUE MORGUE magazine, Issue 193 (March/April 2020), currently available on newsstands in the print edition, and free in digital format, caught my eye given the lead story titled “The Horror Art of Graham Humphreys.” I’m a big fan of horror, monstrous and fantasy art, and have a few books in my […]

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Paintings from “Night Gallery”

June 14th, 2016 | Posted in 1970s, art, macabre, Night Gallery, Rod Serling

Dangerous Minds has a piece that draws attention to the paintings used to introduce the stories in the television series Night Gallery. The essay includes a little background information, and images from several of the paintings, including the one above titled “Escape Route.” All of the paintings can be seen at the Rod Serling’s Night […]

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Memento Mori Art

June 5th, 2016 | Posted in art, macabre, memento mori

AtlasObscura has a nice piece on memento mori art that includes some photos of different approaches to this. I am fascinated by macabre art and memento mori, and those similarly inclined can find the piece titled “In the 16th Century, the Best Office Decor Was a Tiny Rotting Corpse.” On the sculpture in the photo […]

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Satanic Art Exhibit

May 22nd, 2016 | Posted in art, Satan

An exhibit from 2014 showed up today in my Google news feed from a Quartz piece called “Five hundred years of Satanic art” that draws attention to an “exhibition at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center, ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Satan, Sin, and the Underworld,’ [that] traces Lucifer’s visual history, from his emergence in the Middle […]

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Titles of Interest: The Art of Horror

October 25th, 2015 | Posted in art, horror, Titles of Interest

The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; Ill edition, 2015) Stephen Jones, editor Amazingly, there has never been a book quite like The Art of Horror a celebration of frightful images, compiled and presented by some of the genre’s most respected names. While acknowledging the beginnings of horror-related art in […]

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Call for Papers: Reframing Science Fiction

September 10th, 2015 | Posted in art, call for papers, science fiction

Call for Papers – Reframing Science Fiction: A One Day Conference on the Art of Science Fiction 21 March 2016 Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU Keynote speakers: Dr Jeannette Baxter (Anglia Ruskin University) and Dr Paul March-Russell (University of Kent) From William Blake and John Martin to Glenn Brown and The Otolith […]

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The Harvard Crimson and the value of artistic representations of gore

November 1st, 2014 | Posted in art, horror

The Harvard Crimson has an interesting essay posted titled “The Aesthetics of Horror: an investigative essay into the value of artistic representations of gore.” After beginning with a considertaion of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes’ painting “Saturn Devouring His Son,” the analysis begins. Here’s an excerpt from this thoughtful piece: In other words, is […]

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Visions of Enchantment: Occultism, Spirituality & Visual Culture

November 18th, 2013 | Posted in art, Western esotericism

Although the deadline for this has passed, I wanted to make readers aware of the conference and the subject matter, art and esotericism. CALL FOR PAPERS (Deadline for submission: 31 October 2013) We invite proposals from a variety of disciplines and perspectives, provided that they present innovative insights into visual, symbolic or material aspects of […]

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Halloween and Fantastic Art by Grayson Fogg at The Autumnlands

October 10th, 2013 | Posted in art, fantastic art, Halloween

From time to time this blog has explored art related to genre and Halloween, and with this post I want to promote the work of an artist I just discovered. This piece is titled “Halloween Frolics,” found at Etsy.com by Grayson Fogg of The Autumlands, a great piece for this holiday season. Here is the […]

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Society of Illustrators on Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration

February 9th, 2013 | Posted in art, fantasy, science fiction

The Society of Illustrators has rescheduled their lecture due to the storm. Here is the information: “What Lies Beyond: A Panel Discussion on Science Fiction and Fantasy Illustration” Science fiction and fantasy illustration have been thriving for as long as art has existed. A stroll through any major museum features depictions of gods and demons, […]

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