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Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
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A nearly unclothed man sits bound beside a column while several figures lean towards him in a dark chamber and others stand further back.
A bare-chested man kneels or bends before a group of clerics in an ornate interior.
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