Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre Publisher / University of the Sunshine Coast blossoming spring

blossoming spring

Her adventurous use of native plants clipped like topiary

and strangest wildlife

Each artwork's title and artist's name are included as secondary read-aloud text

succulents and cacti

Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre Publisher / University of the Sunshine Coast blossoming springThe Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks that have been inspired and informed by the morbid, melancholic, and macabre. Throughout history, artists have been obsessed with darkness creating works that haunt and horrify, mesmerise and delight, and play on our innermost fears. Gentileschi took revenge with paint in Judith Slaying Holofernes while Bosch depicted fearful visions of Hell that still beguile. Victorian