Art Library / Anatomy and the Macabre
Anatomy and the Macabre
Bones, medical studies, skulls, death emblems and the darker side of historical art.
6 collections, 1,640 pieces in total. Pick a collection to see the art inside it.
Engraving
Skeleton in a beaded roundel
From Francis Quarles, Quarles' Emblems , scan page 299
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Bird skull in profile
From William MacGillivray, A History of British Birds , scan page 47
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Vertebra with spread processes
From William Henry Flower, An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia , scan page 37
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Start with a subject or a set of historical plates.
Anatomical
Skulls, hearts, hands and skeletal studies from historical anatomical atlases.
Memento Mori
Skulls, skeletons, hourglasses and tomb carving from the memento mori tradition.
Gothic
Tracery, crosses, ravens, skulls and pointed arches for high-contrast gothic work.
Occult
Sigils, seals and pentacles, alchemical emblems, zodiac figures and the reading of hands, engraved when magic was printed as carefully as botany.
Anatomy and Diagrams
Anatomical figures and the earliest statistical charts, both coloured to be read rather than admired.
Motifs and moods
Follow a more specific object, detail or feeling.
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