Memento Mori: The Fantastic in Art and Fiction

(click pic for a larger view of Skeletor boning up on the Atkins diet)

'Sponsored by Cornell University's Institute for Digital Collections (CIDC) this image-bank provides a visual resource for the study of the Fantastic or of the supernatural in fiction and in art. While the site emerges from a comparative literature course on the topic at Skidmore College, it is also intended to open the door to consideration of some of the constant structures and patterns of fantastic literature, and the problems they raise. In this sense, the materials presented here may find a use among students in a variety of disciplines.'

This is a great resource for wild and surreal imagery from the past 200 years. The pic at the top is from the Danse Macabre section, chock full of skeletons that have one thing rattling around in their skulls: Remember that you must die.

(graverobbed from Presurfer)