During the medieval origins of Gothic art, these works existed to serve a purpose. As The Plague set the backdrop for artworks of the time, these famed depictions of Europe's decay, the state of horror, and feelings of meaninglessness towards the church and state deemed no one safe or exempt from Hell's fury. Similar to some of the first works in written horror, which ranged from campy to grotesque, these terrifying scenes formed Gothic's early ties to shock value and were me

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