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Medusa with the head of Perseus, Luciano Garbati.

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“A Horned Witch”, 18th Century. 

#A Horned Witch #Witch #18th Century Painting #Gothic Art #Baroque Painting #Period Painting #Dark Art

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Elizaveta Porodina

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Virgil Finlay.

#Virgil Finlay #Vintage Illustration #Black and White Illustration #Spider Web #Pulp Art #Dark Art

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Anne Francis in “Susan Slept Here”, directed by Frank Tashlin, 1954.

#Anne Francis #Susan Slept Here #Frank Tashlin #Vintage Cinema #Burlesque #Vintage Costume Design #Vintage Beauty #Spider Web

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Ruven Afanador, “Mil Besos”, 2009.

#Ruven Afanador #Mil Besos #Fashion Photography #Black and White Photography #Avant-Garde #Dark Art #Gothic

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Beverly Sills as The Queen of The Night in “The Magic Flute”, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1964.

#Beverly Sills #Opera #The Magic Flute #Vintage Opera #Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart #Queen of the Night #Vintage Costume #Costume Design

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Horst P. Horst, Model: Helen Bennett, “Spider Dress, NY”, 1939.

#Horst P. Horst #Helen Bennett #Fashion Photography #Vintage Fashion Photography #Spider Dress #Web Dress #Dark Art #Vintage Glamour

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Virgil Finlay for “The Man Who Mastered Time” by Ray Cummings, Fantastic Novels v.3, #6, 1950.

“She stood, a great scarlet moth, hovering before flight....”

#Virgil Finlay #Vintage Illustration #Vintage Science Fiction #1950's Illustration #The Man Who Mastered Time #Ray Cummings #Fantastic Novels #Pulp Art #Dark Art

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“Baba Yaga” by Elizaveta Porodina for TOSS Magazine, 2016.

Model: Mia Gurenwald

#Elizaveta Porodina #TOSS Magazine #Mia Gurenwald #Fashion Portrait #Fashion Photography #Baba Yaga #Black and White Photography #Dark Art #Folklore #Gothic #Goth

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Theda Bara in “Cleopatra”, directed by J. Gordon Edwards, 1917.

#Theda Bara #Silent Film Actress #Vamp #Cleopatra #J. Gordon Edwards #Vintage Cinema #Goth Icon #Gothic

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Theda Bara from “Sin”, directed by Herbert Brenon, 1915.

#Theda Bara #The Vampire Pose #Herbert Brenon #Silent Films #Silent Film Actress #Goth Icon #Gothic #temptress #vintage cinema #Vamp

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Sascha Schneider.

#Sascha Schneider #Dark Art #Painting #Neo-Classicism #Illustration #Gothic #Occult Art #Messiah

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Detail from Paul Delaroche’s “Execution of Lady Jane Grey”, 1833.

#Paul Delaroche #Execution of Lady Jane Grey #Oil Painting #Historical Oil Painting #Lady Jane Grey #Romanticism #Blindfold

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Photographer: Ali Mahdavi 

Model: Violet Chachki.

#Violet Chachki #Ali Mahdavi #Fashion Photography #Fashion Portraiture #John Willie #Blindfold #Vintage Beauty #Vintage Fetish