The Guardian published a selection of the most terrifying Halloween works of art - from Andy Warhol to Bosch

The Guardian has made the top ten most terrible artwork. Merry Halloween!

Hans Memling Hell. Around 1485 Source: guardian.co.uk

WILLIAM BLAKE Ghost Fleas. Around 1819-1820 Source: wikimedia.org

1. Hans Memling "Hell." About 1485

Hell and Dragon, a man and a woman, a bird and a dog in one being, creating the eerie dancing on sinners burning in hell. Above the head demon keeps slogan, leaving no hope of sinners: "From Hell's no turning back." From his stomach at us another surreal creation. Giant fish chew with their jaws of hell fire. Work "Hell" Hans Memling written for a large altar of the Dutch churches, it had to discourage members from evil actions.

2. William Blake's "The Phantom of fleas." Around 1819-1820

Bloch turns into a nightmarish humanoid creature wandering the corridors night with a bowl to collect human blood. Bent and covered with scales flea carries a dagger and a bowl of some horrific action oriented, this creature of the largest of its fellow class of insects. According to a friend of the artist, John Varley, William Blake's vision came: Flea told him that the soul too bloodthirsty people move to the likes.

Andy Warhol The electric chair. 1964 Source: josephklevenefineartltd.com

Caravaggio Medusa. 1596-1598 Source: guardian.co.uk

3. Andy Warhol's "Electric Chair." 1964

eerie silence emanates from the "electric chair" by Andy Warhol. Belts are hanging, as if the dead had just taken off the instrument of execution. Screen printing technique has made the original photo even more terrifying by the mild blur, you did not even know what happened in this empty room. Andy Warhol often turned to the topic of death, and of his images from the series "Death and car accident" work with the electric chair one of the most sinister.

4. Caravaggio's "Medusa." 1596-1598

Medusa was one of the three Gorgons, monstrous beauties with snakes for hair, kill people with his eyes. Perseus killed Medusa, reflecting its deadly gaze from the shield, later severed head of the Gorgon was placed on the board (the auspices) of the goddess Athena. Caravaggio painted Medusa's head on a round, like a shield, canvas, his gorgon as if still alive, her eyes were horrified by what she saw herself. According to legend, the image of the Medusa by Caravaggio gave its features.

Peter Paul Rubens Saturn devouring his son Source: guardian.co.uk

Francisco Goya Sinking dog Around 1819-1823 Source: wikimedia.org

5. Peter Paul Rubens' Saturn devouring his son, »

According to some Greek myth, Saturn (Cronus) knew that it would overthrow the throne of one of his sons, and so He ate them even infants to protect their power. Rubens this plot shows differently from Goya, who depicted the monster bites off his head for an adult. Rubens Saturn is a ruthless killer, eating his own newborn child.

6. Francisco Goya "Sinking a dog." Around 1819-1823

«Dog" ("Sinking dog") refers to a "grim picture" of Goya, which he wrote directly on the walls of his house in the district of Madrid, He had been living completely deaf. The most deserted, timeless of them represents the dog's head floating in an incomprehensible nothing abyss embodying oblivion. This image of a dog trying to keep his head above water, but, despite this, sinking more than swimming, the more terrible when you realize that being mute.

Titian The punishment Marcia Around 1570-1575 Source: guardian.co.uk

Hieronymus Bosch The Temptation of St. Anthony Around 1495-1515 Source: guardian.co.uk

7. Titian "Punishment Marcia." Around 1570-1575

God Apollo punished satyr Marsyas for the fact that he beat him in a musical contest: with him skinned alive. Titian added eerie scene grotesque dog licks the blood, and the other musician playing to the violin. Titian painted on the right and myself, sadly oversaw.

8. Hieronymus Bosch "The Temptation of St. Anthony." Around 1495-1515

This is the central part of the triptych of the same name, one of the most famous works of Hieronymus Bosch. In one study, collected the most important subjects for the artist - the sins of the human race, the torments of hell, the Passion of Christ and the temptations of the saint. The picture is populated by countless mystical creatures, terrifying one another, and only St. Anthony remains indifferent to the temptations.

HENRY FUZELI nightmare. 1781 Source: guardian.co.uk

Theodore Gericault severed head. 1818 Source: wikimedia.org

9. Henry Fuzeli « nightmare." 1781

This is one of the most horrible nightmares in the history of art. Sleeping virgin stretched on the bed, like a victim before slaughter, her head thrown back, as if before his sword. Nasty troll perched on her stomach, his ears cast a shadow in the form of bloody horns in the canopy bed. Black Stallion wild eyes looking at the sleeping. Metaphors brutality, violence and murder, "The nightmare" Henry Fuzeli certainly did not give sleep girls who saw this picture.

10. Theodore Gericault's "Severed heads." 1818

This still life of severed heads traced even a certain intimacy, as if it's two lie in bed - she sleeps, and he snores in his sleep. Is that his eyes wide open in terror before a vision of death. Jericho gives these heads some creepy half alive.

Prepared Maria Onuchina, AI

Sources : artinvestment.ru