ariedreaming:

Sleeping Beauty illustration by Arthur Rackham

i love the black-silhouetted corpses, so much good use of negative space.
blackpaint20:

Edouard Ravel de MalvalDeath on a Pale Horse, 19th c
seventh-victim:

Death As Victor — Alfred Rethel (1849)

i always enjoy alfred rethel’s depictions of death. death always seems to be having such a good time.
serialkillerfetish:

© Dustin Jiminy Panzino

a strange centaur of bones
corinthian-girl:

Gustave Dore - The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones (1866)

even the skeletons are weeping
death waits in the curtains, death’s the ultimate burden
rhea137:


Trophies - India, 1880 by John Burke
ekkolalia:

Gjenganger / Ghost by Gustav Vigeland
According to Vigeland himself, this was his first work. Made in 1889 when he was still at Art School.
memento mori
Opaque  by  andbamnan