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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Depicting Decapitation

From Obsessed With Skulls

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I study art history and I tend to find curious things that incite questions, reveal our corporeal unease, and generally make us think about how we consider the human body conceptually and physically. And so I present to you the strange gems I've come across.

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