Emotion induced by perceived danger or threat

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A terrified patient misunderstanding his doctor. Reproduction of a drawing after G.S. Dixon, 1924.

Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.

The resurrected Christ rises over terrified soldiers. Engraving after A. Dürer, 1512.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.

Victory of Indrajit. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

An unsympathetic doctor trying to get rid of a poor patient by frightening her. Wood engraving after J. Leech.

The resurrected Christ appears before terrified soldiers. Etching by B. Bartoccini after F. Overbeck, 1848.

Patients waiting to see the doctor, with figures representing their fears. Oil painting by Rosemary Carson, 1997.

A collage directed by downward arrows of a photograph of a man, a woman, a drawing of a bed and a condom interpersed with lettering relating to a couple who meet but then come into contact with AIDS; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS. Colour lithograph by Delphine Chanet.

The index fingers of two hands touch, one painted silver, the other gold with the words 'love without fear' in Finnish, and partly showing in Chinese and Arabic; an advertisement for a free handbook about HIV and AIDS by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.

An écorché face showing the muscles involved in the expression of terror. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

La peur au XVIIIe siècle : discours, représentations, pratiques / études réunies et présentées par Jacques Berchtold et Michel Porret.

Your child's fears / Ross Laboratories.

A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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Fear

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Images referencing Fear

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La peur au XVIIIe siècle : discours, représentations, pratiques / études réunies et présentées par Jacques Berchtold et Michel Porret.

Your child's fears / Ross Laboratories.

A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

Fear

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fear

Works from the collections

La peur au XVIIIe siècle : discours, représentations, pratiques / études réunies et présentées par Jacques Berchtold et Michel Porret.

Your child's fears / Ross Laboratories.

A dentist scaring a patient by telling how painful the drill he is going to use is. Reproduction of a drawing after A. Yeoman, 1940.

Face of a frightened soldier (left); the human face in an animal state of fear (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.

People scrambling to get away from a person with leprosy. Watercolour by R. Cooper.

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