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Tadanori Yokoo, Illustrations from Genka, 1975

Yoshitaka Amano: ファンタジー龍（1994）

In the Pure Land school of Buddhism, Amida Buddha is the focus of worship. Pictured here is the raigō, or the moment when Amida descends with his retinue to welcome a dying person into his Pure Land, called the Western Paradise. Once there, a person can concentrate on becoming enlightened. Images like this one could be placed before a person on their deathbed to help them stay faithful and motivated to attain birth in the Pure Land.

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Mahlon Blaine (1894-1969), “The Temptation of St. Anthony” by Gustave Flaubert, 1930 Source

Karl Kasten, 1966

Mahlon Blaine (1894-1969), “Nova Venus”, 1938 Source

Mahlon Blaine (1894-1969), “The Temptation of St. Anthony” by Gustave Flaubert, 1930 Source

The End of All Things by Maximilián Pirner (1887)

"BLACK PAINTING: II" CECILY BROWN // 2002 [oil on linen | 90 1/8 × 78 1/16"]

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London: Offices of “The Studio”, 1897.

Josef Vachal (1884-1969), Têtes de Démons.

The sun. Splendor Solis. 1582. Page detail from a lavishly illuminated alchemical manuscript. British Library.