The Earth grew dark, and it’s figures passed by me, like flitting shadows, and among them i beheld only… Badass Illustrations by Harry Clark.
Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was a book illustrator during the “golden age” of book illustrations, heavily influences by Art Nouveau, Clark is an important contributing artist to the visual dialogue that contemporary artists such as Yoshitaka Amano continue to this day. Here are some illustrations for a 1928 publication of Poe’s “Tales of Mystery and Imagination”.
Morella
The Premature burial
Ligeia
Message Found in a Bottle
Berenice
A Descent into the Maelstrom
The Pit and the Pendulum
Found at ajourneyroundmyskull, where there are even more scans from the book.
