the cult of death in czech decadence
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This slideshow was made to accompany a presentation on the cult of death and suicide in Czech literature and art at the turn of the twentieth century.TRANSCRIPT
The “Dead City”: Fernand Khnopff’s
Bruges-la-Morte (1904)
Abandoned City
Canal
The Hospital of St. John
Bruges: A Doorway
Memory of Bruges: The Entry to the Beguinage
RequiemFernand Khnopff, 1907
Death in Czech Artat the
Turn of the Twentieth Century
Allegory of DeathMaximilián Pirner, after 1886
The Drowned GirlJakub Schikaneder, 1895
Frontispiece of Vengeful CantilenaKarel Hlaváček, 1898
Chosen DeathFrantišek Tavík Šimon, 1900
Chosen Death František Tavík Šimon
Jaroslav Panuška
Corpse Followed by Ravens, 1898
Death in the Alley, 1900
Death Looking into the Window of Someone Dying, 1900
The Dead Man’s Visit, after 1900
The Suicide’s FuneralFelix Jenewein, 1901
The Dead Man František Kupka, 1901
The Underworld (Charon)Jan Konůpek, 1901