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Oct 11, 2023, 15 tweets

A thread of the most terrifying works of art in history 🧵

1. Dante And Virgil - William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1850)

2. Lucifero - Francesco Scaramuzza (19th Century)

3. Untitled - Zdzisław Beksiński (1973)

4. The Garden of Earthly Delights (right panel) – Hieronymus Bosch (1515)

5. Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan - Ilya Repin (1885)

6. Saturn Devouring His Son - Peter Paul Rubens (1636)

7. The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893)

8. The Nightmare - Henry Fuseli (1781)

9. The Face of War - Salvador Dalí (1940)

10. The Great Red Dragon and The Woman Clothed in Sun - William Blake (c.1805)

11. Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (c.1823)

12. Medusa - Peter Paul Rubens (c.1618)

13. Pandemonium - John Martin (1841)

14. The Temptation of St. Anthony - Salvator Rosa (1645)

15. St. Bartholomew Flayed - Marco d'Agrate (1562)

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