Decay Collection

Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)

Peter Greenaways A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)

Blossom and Decay
BLOSSOM AND DECAY

Higgs boson, conceptual artwork
Higgs boson, conceptual computer artwork. The Higgs boson is a proposed fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass

Higgs boson, conceptual artwork
Higgs boson, conceptual computer artwork. The Higgs boson is a proposed fundamental particle that is thought to give other particles mass

Tablet of Shamash. beg. 9th c. BC. The sun-god Shamash (right) receiving the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina (left), between two interceding deities

Driftwood on the beach at La Push on the Pacific Northwest coast, Washington State, United States of America, North America

Palace ruins at the Minoan archaeological site, Knossos, island of Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Coral Spot Fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) fruiting bodies, growing on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) twig, Powys, Wales, March

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Mobile DP220755
Bunksland Farmhouse, East Anstey, North Devon. Detail of a mobile comprising silhouettes of horses, hanging from the ceiling in the farmhouses ground-floor room

Rusting, decaying old fishing boat, Reykjanesskagi, Southern Peninsula or Reykjanes, Iceland

Old abandoned shack by Mersey
Collapsing shelter on pier by the side of the Mersey in Liverpool at sunset

One rotten apple amongst other green apples

No More Gold
Rob Darby

Requiem for a Lost Marque
Francis Keogh

Dead acacia trees silhouetted against sand dunes at Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia, Africa

Landscape with Ruins (oil on canvas)
CHT181992 Landscape with Ruins (oil on canvas) by Servandoni, Giovanni Niccolo (1695-1766); Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France; eArchives Charmet; Italian, out of copyright

Deadvlei, Namibia, Africa

A rusty abandoned car in the desert near Aus in southern Namibia, Africa

Nematode worm, SEM
Nematode worm, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Nematode worms are small worms that are unsegmented. Depending on the species, a nematode worm may be parasitic or free-living

Blowfly laying eggs, SEM
Blowfly laying eggs. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a female Lucilia sp. blowfly laying her eggs (lower left). A blowfly lays its eggs on dead bodies

Polarised LM of a molar tooth showing decay
Tooth decay. Polarised light micrograph (PLM) of a longitudinal section through a molar tooth with dental caries, or tooth decay

Used dental floss, SEM
Used dental floss. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of dental plaque on strands of used dental floss. Plaque consists of a film of bacteria embedded in a glycoprotein matrix

King Oswalds Arm
St Aidan prayed that the arm of King Oswald, which had given freely to beggars, would never decay. A story told in Bedes History. The arm remained uncorrupted for 9 centuries

Barbiere
Stefan Nielsen

Nuclear fusion, conceptual artwork

Rusting boats at edge of river, Tulcea, River Danube, Danube Delta, Dobrogea, Romania, may

Aerial view of the Dosso dei Galli ex-military Nato base on the Maniva mountain zone. Bagolino, Maniva, Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.

Aerial view of the Dosso dei Galli ex-military Nato base on the Maniva mountain zone. Bagolino, Maniva, Brescia province, Lombardy, Italy.

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Aerial view of the Belvedere Hotel and the Furka Pass road, famous for a scene of the James Bond film Goldfinger, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri

Disused kitchenwares DD220769
Bunksland Farmhouse, East Anstey, North Devon. Detail of the sink in the kitchen on the ground-floor of the farmhouse, with disused cutlery and crockery abandoned on the drying rack

Aerial view of the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori in spring. Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Parco Campo dei Fiori, Lombardy, Italy

Consumed
Benny Pettersson

Fallen Leaves #2
Tal Paz-Fridman

Fallen Leaves #1
Tal Paz-Fridman

Fallen Leaves #0
Tal Paz-Fridman

Winona
Famous When Dead

Red Past
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Heading Down Into the Sand
Þorsteinn H. Ingibergsson

Rusty Metal
Tim Mossholder

San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. 2022
Cristian Flueraru

Abandoned Ballet Digital Painting 4
Baard Martinussen

Abandoned Ballet Digital Painting 2
Baard Martinussen

Rusty shapes
Greetje van Son

Moroccan Pots
Raisa Zwart

Faceless 01
Famous When Dead

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"Decay: A Haunting Journey Through Time and Nature's Erosion" Step into the world of decay, where the echoes of time whisper through forgotten realms. From Hogarth's Gin Lane to the delicate dance between Blossom and Decay, this captivating concept reveals the fragility of existence. Like a Higgs boson in conceptual artwork, decay permeates every corner of our universe, and is as ancient as the Tablet of Shamash, dating back to the 9th century BC when even the sun-god witnessed its relentless grip on life. In Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), decay becomes an artistic muse, transforming driftwood on La Push beach into melancholic poetry along Washington State's Pacific Northwest coast. Nature too succumbs to its inevitable fate; Coral Spot Fungus finds solace in Sycamore twigs amidst Powys' Welsh landscape. Palace ruins at Minoan archaeological sites stand testament to civilizations long lost but not forgotten. Even modern marvels bear witness to decay's touch; an aerial view captures both beauty and deterioration as it gazes upon Belvedere Hotel and Furka Pass road - immortalized by James Bond in Goldfinger - nestled within Switzerland's majestic Swiss Alps. Yet perhaps no image strikes closer than that polarised LM photograph revealing tooth decay. Within its microscopic realm lies a reminder that even our own bodies are subject to nature’s unyielding forces. And finally, an old abandoned shack by Mersey stands stoically against time itself. Its decaying walls tell stories untold, reminding us that all things must eventually return from whence they came. In these glimpses into worlds touched by decay – be it art or nature – we find both sorrow and wonder. For within each moment captured lies a profound lesson about impermanence and the cyclical nature of existence itself.