A Decadence of Hunger

Czech Decadence in the European Context

Decline, Disease, and Death

The Supreme ViceFélicien Rops, 1883

Death in the SickroomEdvard Munch, 1893

Allegory of DeathMaximilián Pirner, after 1886

Frontispiece of The Vengeful CantilenaKarel Hlaváček, 1898

Murtia--The Plague WomanAlphonse Mucha, 1899

Chosen DeathFrantišek Tavík Šimon, 1900

The Alcoholic’s Dream František Kupka, after 1900

The Dead Man František Kupka, 1901

Illustration for Mácha’s MayFrantišek Slabý, 1901

The Collapse of Civilization

Death Pursuing HumanityJames Ensor, 1896

War, 1896 Arnold Böcklin

The PlagueArnold Böcklin, 1898

Finis: The End of All ThingsMaximilian Pirner, 1887

The Demon of WarKarel Hlaváček, 1896

WarAlfred Kubin

EpidemicAlfred Kubin, 1903

PlagueEmil Holárek, 1905

The Orgy Before Collapse

The Romans of the DecadenceThomas Couture, 1847

The SuitorsGustave Moreau, 1852

The Last Days of BabylonGeorges Rochegrosse, 1891

Debauchery, from PlagueFelix Jenewein, 1900

Roman Emperors

And Powerful Women of The Roman Empire

Salomé Dancing Before HerodGustave Moreau, 1876

Cleopatra Testing Poisonson Condemned Men

Alexandre Cabanel, 1887

The Roses of EliogabalusSir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888

Vampires

Cover for The Modern RevueKarel Hlaváček (1896)

Vampire Jaroslav Panuška, c. 1900

Vampire Jaroslav Panuška, after 1900

The Sokol Movement

The Dead City

Abandoned CityFernand Khnopff, 1904

CanalFernand Khnopff, 1904