"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Katsukawa Shun'ei (1762 – 1819) is a Japanese artist of the ukiyo-e aesthetics. Today on my Patreon we take a look at his 1790 Book of Ghost Stories preserved at the MET. ...
Today we take a look at a painting preserved at the National Museum of Scotland: it shows a merry scene of women dancing in a dark room. Most of them are old and conform to the idea we might have of the grotesque witch, but...
Object Of The Day: Memento Mori Ring Today on my Patreon we take a look at an XVII Century ring, preserved at the Ashmolean Museum: it presents a turnable facet: on one side, a woman's face is painted in great detail, with rosy cheeks and red...
Today on the Patreon we take a look at a 1812 watercolour, in which a young woman went seeking the aid of a witch and is probably regretting it. ...
Today on my Patreon, the post is free to read even if you're not subscribed. We take a look at the ultimate evil Fairy Godmother, Carabosse, and her sister Magotine. Carabosse is famous for being the wicked fairy in the Sleeping Beauty ballet (stage name Maleficent,...
Who says the Bible isn't spooky? In the Book of Revelations we meet a Woman who's running from a Dragon. Yes. The Bible has dragons. Today on my Patreon we take a look at one of the most stunning illustrations from the so-called Douce Apocalypse, a...
Skull lyres such as the ones in the header were made by an indigenous entrepreneur for selling to the Europeans as authentic stuff from the dark, savage continent, and they have baffled scholars for over two centuries. And I think it's just hilarious. You can...
The Art of the Day on my Patreon is Henry Fusely's "The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches", an illustration to a passage from Milton's "Paradise Lost". One can always resort to Mr. Fusely when looking for spooky stuff, isn't that right? ...
When it comes to spooky mermaids, there's very little stuff that can match Elizabeth Jerichau-Baumann's paintings. We take a look at them today on my Patreon. ...
For many of us, fall is the best season and October is the best month, leading up to all things spooky. Many people out there are creating prompts for artists and all people creative (check this out from WorldAnvil last year, for instance) and prompts are...
