existentium

Diana Stoessel ph. by Ellen von Unwerth

Michael Gregor / Silenius (Summoning)

The Basel Dance of Death: The Ossuary lithograph by G. Danzer after Hieronymus Hess, c. 1840–1845

The Offering Malvina Hoffman, 1920

Polish hussars helmet, early 18th century

David Bowie on the set of The Man Who Fell to Earth ph. by David James

The Fiancée of Belus Henri-Paul Motte, 1885 The painting is based on a fanciful Babylonian ritual associated with the deity Belus (Bel). According to that ritual, Bel was offered a girl who sat on the lap of the Bel's statue overnight, and then was replaced by another, all of whom were the winners of daily beauty contests. Motte cited as a reference the Greek historian Herodotus, but the related quote was later found to be invented.

Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) ph. by Kevin Westenberg, 1992

Kasia Pysiak Elle Germany, November 1997 ph. by Michael Woolley

J. D. Mylius Philosophia Reformata (Rosarium philosophorum sive pretiosissimum donum Dei), Frankfurt, ca. 1622

The Pilgram Pulpit at St. Stephen's Ludwig Rösch, 1936

Linda Evangelista in The Underworld, Allure, May, 1991 ph. by Steven Meisel

Maya and Merit Limestone, Saqqara, c. 1320 B.C.

Scans of Geanina evie.desmarais

Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire Codex Manesse, 14th century

Keanu Reeves and Lori Petty in Point Break dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1991 ph. by Richard Foreman