Art horror
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Art horror is term describing works of art that can be classified as macabre or grotesque. Notable artists are Francisco Goya, Gustave Doré, Hans Holbein, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Matthias Grünewald and Hans Baldung Grien.
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See also
- Art as an excuse for depicting prurient interests
- Glorification of violence
- Carnography
- Grotesque
- War painters
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs (1563), by John Foxe
- Martyrology
- Death in art
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Further reading
- Horror
- On Tragic Art
- Discourse on the horror of art
- Enduring Creation: Art, Pain, and Fortitude (2001) - Nigel Jonathan Spivey
- The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart (1990) - Noel Carroll
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Notes
- La Tuerie
- Gregor Baci (16th century) - ?
- Saturn Devouring His Son (1819) - Francisco de Goya
- Taddeo di Bartolo, Die Hölle - Geiz (1396). San Gimignano.
- The Last Judgement. Detail: The Damned. c.1431.
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1797-98) - Francisco Goya
- Apollo Flaying Marsyas (1637) - José Ribera (1591-1652)
- The Last Judgement (1467-71) - Hans Memling
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