Scary Art: Art History's Most Disturbing Paintings

Paintings can represent both real and unreal themes and scary paintings are a mixture of both. Among all the emotions that make up the human psyche, fear is the most genuine evidence of man’s nature. Love corresponds to an advanced state of evolutionary development and the neural connections associated with sexual reproduction. However, fear creeps into the present through traces of a more primitive past. While tricks and treats are the conventional way to celebrate the spookiest time of the year,  we get into the holiday spirit by conjuring up a spellbinding selection of art history's scariest masterpieces.