Illustration in Ein moderner Totentanz (A Modern Dance of Death) by Joseph Sattler, 1912. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Poisons et Empoisonneurs Célèbres (1960) – Silent Sundays: Gothess Absynth (2010) – Silent Sundays: La Bibliothèque Infernale (1860)
The word “ballet” may immediately evoke images of delicate, precise figures twirling in tutus of white and pink. However, that archetypal costume dates only to the Romantic period, perhaps 200 years ago, a fraction of ballet’s five centuries of history. The Romantic… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 