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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Vampire canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorFather | Edward Burne-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ gender relations ⓘ predation ⓘ |
| title | The Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.