![Otto Dix, Totentanz anno 17 (Hohe Toter Mann) [Dance of death 1917 - Dead Man’s Hill], plate 19 from Der Krieg (The War).
After volunteering in the first World War, Otto Dix documented his firsthand experiences with the brutalities of death and destruction. It’s a mass of gruesome detail, and Dix’s War series shows a fascination with the kind of horrors mankind will inflict on one another.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l99gxniZjo1qzaos7o1_500.jpg)
Otto Dix, Totentanz anno 17 (Hohe Toter Mann) [Dance of death 1917 - Dead Man’s Hill], plate 19 from Der Krieg (The War).
After volunteering in the first World War, Otto Dix documented his firsthand experiences with the brutalities of death and destruction. It’s a mass of gruesome detail, and Dix’s War series shows a fascination with the kind of horrors mankind will inflict on one another.
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