Category Archives: Death

Love & Death

Posted on August 4, 2019 by ubu507
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Eve, the Serpent, and Death

Posted on February 8, 2018 by ubu507

Hans Baldung c. 1510-1515 The National Gallery of Canada

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November

Posted on November 1, 2016 by ubu507

O dark fear of death as The gold dies in a grey cloud Of November’s evening — Trakl

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Mrs. Abraham Crouch (Sophia Jane Withers)

Posted on February 24, 2015 by ubu507

Artist: Unknown American Date: ca. 1805 Medium: watercolor The young wife of Abraham Crouch, Sophia died at age twenty-one and is buried in St. Philip’s churchyard. The portrait was probably painted ca. 1805 when Sophia was in her teens. Gibbes … Continue reading →

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Gravestone

Posted on August 21, 2014 by ubu507
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Two Nude Women with Skull and Hourglass (Allegory of Transience),

Posted on May 22, 2013 by ubu507

Ludwig Krug German, 1488/1490 – 1532 ca. 1500 Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY)

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Sacrilegious Robbery

Posted on December 7, 2012 by ubu507

MAGNASCO, Alessandro 1731 Oil on canvas Quadreria Arcivescovile, Milan

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Memento Mori Ring

Posted on December 4, 2012 by ubu507

  Late 17th century The Ashmolean Museum

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Two Nudes Surrounded by Crosses and Barbed Wire

Posted on September 21, 2012 by ubu507

ASARO (Group of artists) 2006?

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Deadly Little Secrets: The Minister, His Mistress, and a Heartless Texas Murder, Kathryn Casey, Harper, $7.99.

Posted on August 28, 2012 by ubu507

Now that we’re in the middle of another political campaign, perhaps it’s time to examine the proposition that ostentatious religious piety is somehow indicative of inner virtue. To all those who boast of how devoted a church (or temple) goer … Continue reading →

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