Friday 31 December 2010

A LCVP (Landing Craft,Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of the U.S.Army's First Division on the morning of 06.06.1944 D-Day at Omaha Beach

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A LCVP (Landing Craft,Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of the U.S.Army's First Division on the morning of 06.06.1944 D-Day at Omaha Beach. Landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire are these American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, shown just as they left the ramp of a Coast Guard landing boat.

Theodor Severin Kittelsen - Hakkespett

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Theodor Severin Kittelsen - Hakkespett

Domenico de' Rossi - Bernardino Genga's Anatomia per Uso et Intelligenza del Disegno

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Domenico de' Rossi - Bernardino Genga's Anatomia per Uso et Intelligenza del Disegno

Thursday 30 December 2010

Théodore Géricault - Severed Heads

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Théodore Géricault - Severed Heads

Louis Le Breton, M. Jarrault - Depiction of Behemoth from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal

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Louis Le Breton, M. Jarrault - Depiction of Behemoth from Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal

Wednesday 29 December 2010

Friday 24 December 2010

Thursday 23 December 2010

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci - Mona Lisa

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci - Mona Lisa

Armin Theophil Wegner - Executed in public square

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Armin Theophil Wegner - Executed in public square.
Armenians hanged in the street in Constantinople before the deportation of the Armenians to the desert had begun. People are looking on, some frightened, others as if it were a performance.

Shot from film Nekromantik (cover)

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Shot from film Nekromantik (cover)

Wednesday 22 December 2010

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Heidenreich - Trance of An Unholy Union

Cover for Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love

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Cover for Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love
Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love

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Disinterment (USA) - Snuff Film Sodomy

Tuesday 21 December 2010

Michael Whelan - Destroying Angel

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Michael Whelan - Destroying Angel

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Sangre Y Tierra - Cuando Los Blancos Vienen

Paul Gustave Doré - The Descent of the Spirit

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Paul Gustave Doré - The Descent of the Spirit

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Vindicator (USA) - The Dog Beneath The Skin

Sergeant Siffleet's execution at Aitape, 1943

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Sergeant Siffleet's execution at Aitape, 1943
Aitape, New Guinea. 24 October 1943. A photograph found on the body of a dead Japanese soldier showing NX143314 Sergeant (Sgt) Leonard G. Siffleet of "M" Special Unit, wearing a blindfold and with his arms tied, about to be beheaded with a sword by Yasuno Chikao. The execution was ordered by Vice Admiral Kamada, the commander of the Japanese Naval Forces at Aitape. Sgt Siffleet was captured with Private (Pte) Pattiwahl and Pte Reharin, Ambonese members of the Netherlands East Indies Forces, whilst engaged in reconnaissance behind the Japanese lines. Yasuno Chikao died before the end of the war.

Monday 20 December 2010

Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) - Crucifixion of St. Peter and Beheading of St. John the Baptist

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Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) - Crucifixion of St. Peter and Beheading of St. John the Baptist

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Urophagia - Urine Consumption