Gore in art

[Weeping Tom]

"The anatomy lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" Rembrandt 1630

"The anatomy lesson of Dr. Frederik Ruysch" Jan Van Neck 1683

"The anatomy lesson of Dr. Joan Deyman" Rembrandt 1656

"An anatomy lesson" 1679

"The anatomy lesson of Dr. Willem Van Der meer" Pieter Van Mierevelt

"The beheading of John the Baptist" Giovanni Battista Tiapolo

"The death of Marat" Jacques Louis David 1793

"Prometheus" Luca Giordano 1666

"Ivan IV Infanticide" Repin 1885

Morgue based preparatory painting for "Raft of the Medusa" Theodore Gericault 1818

"Judith beheading Holofernes" Caravaggio 1598-1599

"Tete de Meduse" Peter Paul Rubens 1618

"Dante and Virgil in Hell" William Adolphe Bouguereau 1850

"Witches at their incantations" Salvator Rosa 1646

Illuminated manuscript depicting medieval torture

"Saturn devouring his children" Francisco Goya 1819-1823

"Skull with cigarette" Van Gogh 1886

"The Kiss of Death" Statue in Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona

Skeleton sculptures in Saint Michaelsberg commemorating the Great plague.

 

[DirtyDiamonds]

Ooh I love these!! I have Skull with Cigarette on my wall. Thanks for these!

 

[Airbornemama]

Even in the 1600's people were having A LOVE affair with the gross and disgusting! Nice Post WT!!

 

[Sato]

Excellent choices;
will you be adding to this collection?

 

[zombiegirl]

boy do I love gorey art

 

[lacrima]

Very cool and interesting. Thank u for posting, Weeping Tom!

 

[Weeping Tom]

"Flaying of the corrupt judge Sisamnes" Gerard david 1498

Anatomical diagrams by Leonardo Da Vinci

"Heads of torture victims" Study for Medusa's raft Theodore Gericault 1818

Statue of St Bartholomew, flayed and cloaked with his own skin. leonardo Da Vinci

"Dance of Death" Engraving

"Triumph of Death" Stained glass. Bern Cathedral, Switzerland

 

[Weeping Tom]

Excellent choices;
will you be adding to this collection?

Alright, I seem to be able to do 20 pictures a post so I've added some more and started another lot.

 

[Weeping Tom]

"The morgue: Hacked to death" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Burn victim" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Rat poison suicide" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Jane Doe killed by police" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Blood transfusion resulting in AIDS" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Knifed to death" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Knifed to death" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Airplane crash" Andres Serrano 1992

"The morgue: Burnt to Death" Andres Serrano 1992

 

[DirtyDiamonds]

Airplane Crash is creepy beautiful.

 

[Weeping Tom]

Plasticised bodies by Gunther Von Hagens

"Ruan" Head of a fetus attached to a seagull's body, Xiao Yu 2005

 

[DirtyDiamonds]

I wanna go see the Body Exhibit so bad!!!! It was here in Atlanta not too long ago. Medical stuff is my love... I think this is my favorite thread

 

[wino]

WT

 

[lacrima]

Yeah, this is in Germany. In colone, called "Körperwelten". Since we wanted to point with our class as I did the training.

 

[Weeping Tom]

Joel Peter Witkin

"The kiss"

"Heaven or Hell"

"AntiChrist"

"?"

"Feast of fools"

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"How to teach art to a dead hare" Joseph Beuys 1965

 

[Weeping Tom]

Victorian photographs of the dead. Some might say these aren't art, I'd say they were as the bodies have been posed and the photographers were professional.

 

[Weeping Tom]

Capuchin crypt decorated by the remains of Capuchin Friars.
Santa Maria della Concezione crypt, Rome.

Palermo catacombs

 

[lacrima]

Awsome!

 

[shitterofpants]

Some of these are fucking great. Love the hi res ones, they make great wallpapers.

 

[Weeping Tom]

Some of these are fucking great. Love the hi res ones, they make great wallpapers.

There's some pretty good stuff out there alright.