The painting "THE NIGHTMARE" communicates fear of the unknown
and unknowable, John Henry Fuseli shows a woman sprawled across a divan with
her head thrown back. She is oppressed by a gruesome incubus,an evil spirit,
crouching on her pelvis. According to legend, the incubus was believed to feed
by stealing women and having sex with them.
Name
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THE NIGHTMARE
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Type
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Painting, Oil on canvas
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Author
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John Henry
Fuseli
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Year
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1781
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Location
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The Detroit
Institute of Arts ,USA
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