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Blood, Mediums
One of the few common rules in academic art practice is no bodily fluids. Contemporary artwork, however thematically challenging, typically works in media that didn't come from a human body. But this was not always the case. Many cultures have blurred the line between art, ritual and entombment by painting in blood or ensconcing human remains in ornate reliquaries. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on December 15
Cristóbal Rojas Poleo, The ArtistsPortrait of Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

Cristóbal Rojas Poleo

A childhood introduction to death leads to success, at a price

1857 – 1890
Sattar Bahlulzade, The ArtistsPortrait of Sattar Bahlulzade

Sattar Bahlulzade

1909 – 1974

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