Arts & Entertainment
Frightful Art!
Celebrate the scary side of art and the fall season that spells darkening skies, whirling leaves, haunted houses, pale riders, ghosts, vampires, goblins and other scary creatures. Susan Olds presents an array of “frightful art” from the 14th century heretic Hieronymous Bosch to painters William Blake, Francisco Goya, Aubrey Beardsley, Edvard Munch, James Ensor, Odilon Redon, Franz Von Stuck, Arnold Bocklin, Fernand Khnopff, Giovanni Segantini, and Salvador Dali. Visions of heaven and hell, the history of Halloween, Celtic and Norse legends, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Grimms’ fairytales and other influences will highlight the art.
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Presented by Susan Olds, Art Historian, and supported by the Friends of the Sammamish Library.