Proserpina & The Fruit of Death
Proserpina - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1874 In classical myth Proserpine was kidnapped by Pluto, the god of the underworld, to be his wife. Eating food from the underworld would…
A Little Lore: Rosemary
As a symbol, rosemary was particularly important in the remembrance of a life, consider Hamlet’s Ophelia: ‘Rosemary, that’s for remembrance, pray love, remember.’ It was seen as a purifying herb…
The Garden of Death
Hugo Simberg (1874-1917), a symbolist painter from Finland, was renowned for his profound exploration of death and the afterlife in his artworks. His series of ‘Death’ Paintings delves into themes…
