I consider it part of my job as a parent to expose my child to the Arts, dahling. We have some books of famous paintings, and ever since my child was a toddler I've pulled them out and showed her famous paintings. "Can you find the apple in the still life? Isn't it interesting how the artist used that perspective to make the apple look so three-dimensional?"Crap like that. My husband, however, has to wait until she's older to give her his cultural contribution: A strong background in the finest horror films ever made. Somehow it just doesn't work as well to say to a six-year-old, "Look at how they built tension in this film using that cold daytime lighting. You really start to anticipate the zombie's attack."
So when the better half sent me this link, it seemed like the perfect marriage of art and horror. I have to say, some folks are really friggin' talented with the Photoshop. 'Course most of these are still too bloody and intense to expose my kid to, but then again, so are a fair number of the original paintings. For now, we'll just have to content ourselves with the showing her ascension of the Creature from the Black Lagoon and so on. But the minute she's old enough... Nothing like a little Renaissance art to uplift the spirit and give you nightmares.
