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The Macabre Bones of Art
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The Macabre Bones of Art

The use of human and animal bones in art - a macabre halloween story.

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Marjorie H Morgan
Oct 21, 2022
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As autumn settles across the land, and there is more darkness than sunlight in each day, it is traditional to think about Halloween, and the dead.

There are several painting in existence that portray imagined macabre scenes that encourage the mind to loosen all grip on reality, and open the portals for the nightmares to dive between the nether worlds and…

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