The Vampire

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The Vampire is a famous 1897 painting by Philip Burne-Jones depicting a seductive female vampire looming over a male victim, often associated with themes of fatal attraction and the femme fatale.

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The Vampire canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artisticPeriod late Victorian art ⓘ
colorPalette dark tones ⓘ
red accents ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Philip Burne-Jones ⓘ
creatorFather Edward Burne-Jones ⓘ
depictionType half-length figure composition ⓘ
depicts female vampire ⓘ
male victim ⓘ
depictsEmotion ecstasy ⓘ
fear ⓘ
submission ⓘ
describedAs allegory of destructive female sexuality ⓘ
image of a seductive female vampire over a male victim ⓘ
genre fantasy art ⓘ
symbolist painting ⓘ
hasMotive death and desire ⓘ
seduction ⓘ
vampirism ⓘ
hasPart dark interior setting ⓘ
intimate embrace pose ⓘ
looming female figure ⓘ
reclining male figure ⓘ
inception 1897 ⓘ
influenced later vampire iconography ⓘ
visual culture of the femme fatale ⓘ
influencedBy Victorian anxieties about sexuality ⓘ
fin-de-siècle decadence ⓘ
languageOfWork none ⓘ
locationOfCreation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainSubject femme fatale ⓘ
vampire ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
movement Symbolism ⓘ
notableFor association with themes of fatal attraction ⓘ
early visual formulation of the femme fatale vampire archetype ⓘ
period fin de siècle ⓘ
theme eroticism ⓘ
fatal attraction ⓘ
gender relations ⓘ
predation ⓘ
title The Vampire ⓘ

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Philip Burne-Jones → notableWork → The Vampire ⓘ
Philip Burne-Jones → notableWork → The Vampire ⓘ
subject linked to: Philip