From the Vaults of the Unhinged: The Original Uncanny Valley
From the Vaults of the Unhinged Rebecca Tillett From the Vaults of the Unhinged Rebecca Tillett

From the Vaults of the Unhinged: The Original Uncanny Valley

Today, Benda is remembered as one of America's most accomplished illustrators. He created covers for The Saturday Evening Post, illustrated books and magazines, designed theater costumes, and taught at the Art Students League of New York. But among collectors, he is perhaps best known for the masks that bore his name.

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The Flower Woman in Bloom
Restorations Rebecca Tillett Restorations Rebecca Tillett

The Flower Woman in Bloom

Flowers have long carried layers of meaning in Western art, representing everything from love and purity to mortality and the passage of time. Pénot places these traditional symbols alongside his idealized female figure, creating an image that feels suspended between portrait and allegory.

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Mora
Photo Collage Rebecca Tillett Photo Collage Rebecca Tillett

Mora

A moroi is a type of vampire or ghost in Romanian folklore—the origins of the word are unknown but may have come from the old Slavonic word, mora, meaning nightmare.

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