# Recommend cold, sterile, vaguely menacing artwork **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195 "2011-07-07T16:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/1 "2011-07-07T16:04:57Z")
I’ve recently moved into a new apartment, and I’d like to try something new in terms of decorating the place. I scored a lot of IKEA furniture when I moved in, and I accidently ended up with a sort of cold, sterile look to the place. I like it! And I’d like to play with that theme some more. Can anyone recommend appropriate artwork for that purpose? It can be abstract or representational, but I’d prefer something: 1.) Not commonly found in college dorm rooms, that I can nonetheless 2.) Buy a print of for under $30; 3.) No or minimal “warm” colors; 4.) Nudes are okay, provided they fit the overall “cold, sterile” theme (and for the love of Ford, label them NSFW!) 5.) If it all possible, the art should convey a mild sense of menace or unease. A bit vague, I know - that’s intentional. When picking the brilliant brains of the Teeming Millions, it doesn’t do to constrain them unduly. And if you can think of something that you think works for this theme, but happens to be bright orange or costs $50, let me know! Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/2 "2011-07-07T16:22:37Z")
My first thought was a nice big print of a scary storm cloud, preferably threatening a lonely farmhouse or something. Y’know, like a classic [mesocyclone](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://pattersonpages.wikispaces.com/file/view/Supercell_Thunderstorm.jpg/33761313/Supercell_Thunderstorm.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pattersonpages.wikispaces.com/Robert%2Bweather&usg=__Ho0LD39PV_PkIa_miuI4gHsrs0I=&h=550&w=806&sz=306&hl=en&start=24&zoom=1&tbnid=Bf1EBFXjMTwkJM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=173&ei=mdwVTs6fO7O00AGokpFs&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmesocyclone%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DxEs%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D749%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=800&vpy=181&dur=599&hovh=185&hovw=272&tx=107&ty=90&page=2&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:24). You’d have the menace in spades, the cold sterility of a largely monochromatic image, and the thematic sterility of nature at its most ruthless and potentially destructive. Upon googling, I also found this site full of [apocalyptic posters](http://www.redbubble.com/shop/apocalyptic+posters), and thought that several of them might fit your needs. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/3 "2011-07-07T16:24:22Z")
Hell, this one too: > **[Apocalyptic Dark Posters for Sale](https://www.redbubble.com/shop/apocalyptic+dark+posters)** > > Unique Apocalyptic Dark Posters designed and sold by artists. Shop affordable wall art to hang in d... ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/4 "2011-07-07T16:39:28Z")
Nice! I quite like the storm cloud idea, **Ogre** - that’s certainly going on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/5 "2011-07-07T16:41:34Z")
If you can get your hands on it, you could try one of [Palle Nielsen](http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=palle%20nielsen&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&biw=1366&bih=647)’s woodcuts or linocuts. He is one of my favorite artists and I think that if he hadn’t chosen prints as his medium he would be considered one of the greats of the 20th century. For your project I’m thinking specifically of some of his “People in the Abandoned City”-series or “The Enchanted City”-series. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/6 "2011-07-07T16:45:38Z")
Oh, and if you’re looking for menacing woodcuts, it’s tough to go wrong with Gustav Dore. ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/7 "2011-07-07T16:48:56Z")
> **[Wall Art You'll Love in 2023 - Fine Art America](https://fineartamerica.com/wall-art)** > > Shop for wall art from millions of independent artists and global brands. Browse and purchase art prints, canvas prints, framed art prints, metal prints, posters, tapestries, and more. Search for products by subjects and artistic styles. Warning - it’s orange! 😃 [http://www.art.com/products/p13919023-sa-i2781811/michael-s-quinton-dead-tree-silhouetted-against-a-full-moon.htm](http://www.art.com/products/p13919023-sa-i2781811/michael-s-quinton-dead-tree-silhouetted-against-a-full-moon.htm) This one’s nice. > **[Dead Trees Pictures - stock photos and fine art prints](https://www.terragalleria.com/photos/?keyword=dead-trees)** > > 26 pictures of Dead Trees by professional photographer QT Luong, available as fine art prints or for stock photography licensing (Page 1 of 2). Lots of them here, but most aren’t as menacing as I’d like: > **[Picture/Photo: Tree skeleton. Point Lobos State Preserve, California, USA](https://www.terragalleria.com/photo/?id=usca9570&keyword=dead-trees)** > > Tree skeleton. Point Lobos State Preserve, California, USA,Part of gallery of color pictures of California by professional photographer QT Luong, available as prints or for licensing. > **[Picture/Photo: Dead Lodgepole Pine. Yosemite National Park](https://www.terragalleria.com/photo/?id=yose40141&keyword=dead-trees)** > > Dead Lodgepole Pine. Yosemite National Park,Part of gallery of color pictures of US National Parks by professional photographer QT Luong, available as prints or for licensing. however, those two are in my opinion the best of the ones on that page. [http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/d3271a3d-f04f-4cce-a592-00dc6400e0ba/uploadedartwork/650X650/1f37fd41-9abc-4e77-b017-c9a3ab7bd38c.jpg](http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/d3271a3d-f04f-4cce-a592-00dc6400e0ba/uploadedartwork/650X650/1f37fd41-9abc-4e77-b017-c9a3ab7bd38c.jpg) This one’s super menacing. All those finger-branches… [http://www.acclaimimages.com/\_gallery/\_print\_pages/0313-0910-2018-1938.html](http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_print_pages/0313-0910-2018-1938.html) This is another more colorful one, but still fairly unsettling, and the color itself isn’t particularly welcoming either. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/8 "2011-07-07T16:49:12Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Oh, and if you’re looking for menacing woodcuts, it’s tough to go wrong with Gustav Dore. Not exactly “sterile”, though. But yeah, Doré is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/9 "2011-07-07T16:59:09Z")
Ansel Adams had lots of powerful B&W images - not sure if these would be menacing enough for you, though: [http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=594&q=ansel+adams&gbv=2&oq=ansel+adams&aq=f&aqi=g-s1g-sx9&aql=undefined&gs\_sm=e&gs\_upl=547l2578l0l15l13l2l3l3l0l219l1094l3.3.2l8](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=594&q=ansel+adams&gbv=2&oq=ansel+adams&aq=f&aqi=g-s1g-sx9&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=547l2578l0l15l13l2l3l3l0l219l1094l3.3.2l8) Can’t go wrong with H.R. Giger: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=h.r.+giger&oq=h.r.+giger&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs\_sm=e&gs\_upl=33046l34921l0l10l9l0l3l3l0l203l782l1.4.1l6](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=h.r.+giger&oq=h.r.+giger&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=33046l34921l0l10l9l0l3l3l0l203l782l1.4.1l6) I’ve always found the rigorous symmetry of Grant Wood’s landscapes a bit creepy: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=grant+wood&oq=grant+wood&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs\_sm=e&gs\_upl=22015l23234l0l10l8l0l2l2l0l219l813l2.3.1l6](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=grant+wood&oq=grant+wood&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=22015l23234l0l10l8l0l2l2l0l219l813l2.3.1l6) Rockwell Kent’s _Moby Dick_ woodblock prints were sheer unsettling genius: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&oq=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs\_sm=e&gs\_upl=15453l17062l0l14l11l0l0l0l2l172l1295l3.8l11](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&oq=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=15453l17062l0l14l11l0l0l0l2l172l1295l3.8l11) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/10 "2011-07-07T17:07:54Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Oh, and if you’re looking for menacing woodcuts, it’s tough to go wrong with Gustav Dore. > [@Panurge](#): > > Not exactly “sterile”, though. But yeah, Doré is wonderful. Indeed he is. This stuff is fantastic - thank you! > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ansel Adams had lots of powerful B&W images - not sure if these would be menacing enough for you, though: [ansel adams - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=594&q=ansel+adams&gbv=2&oq=ansel+adams&aq=f&aqi=g-s1g-sx9&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=547l2578l0l15l13l2l3l3l0l219l1094l3.3.2l8) > > Can’t go wrong with H.R. Giger: [h.r. giger - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=h.r.+giger&oq=h.r.+giger&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=33046l34921l0l10l9l0l3l3l0l203l782l1.4.1l6) > > I’ve always found the rigorous symmetry of Grant Wood’s landscapes a bit creepy: [grant wood - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=grant+wood&oq=grant+wood&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=22015l23234l0l10l8l0l2l2l0l219l813l2.3.1l6) > > Rockwell Kent’s _Moby Dick_ woodblock prints were sheer unsettling genius: [rockwell kent moby dick - Google Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=594&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&oq=rockwell+kent+moby+dick&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=15453l17062l0l14l11l0l0l0l2l172l1295l3.8l11) Okay, Kent was clearly just not a happy man. 🙂 Thanks for the pointers, **Elendil’s Heir!** I love HR Giger as well - but not for this theme, I think. His stuff is many things, but I’d be hard-pressed to call it “sterile” - rather the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/11 "2011-07-07T17:17:07Z")
I can’t remember who painted it, but we have this great piece done probably mid 50s. It is whichever bible story is the whore hanging the red rope out of her window of the walled city … this is a great piece, very twilight zone-esque art. The overall color is a misty grey representing the wall, with a single window and a thin red rope hanging out of the window. Next time I visit my mom’s house Ill see if it survived the fire and get a picture of it. I think it is/was a Peter Heyward. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/12 "2011-07-07T17:23:38Z")
It might be a little more subtle than you are looking for, but if you want artwork that portrays a cold, uncaring universe, there is nothing better than [Demotivators](http://www.despair.com/viewall.html). Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there is nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/13 "2011-07-07T17:23:52Z")
**Frank Stella**? [Here](http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS388US389&q=frank+stella+brooklyn+bridge&biw=994&bih=797)are some images of his painting of the Brooklyn Bridge… How about a photograph of a starscape or one of the \*\*Hubble \*\*photos of deep-space phenomena? **Damien Hirst** , besides putting animal corpses in tanks of formaldehyde, also did [fairly simple canvases](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecityreview.com/ubs20.jpg&imgrefurl=http://venetianred.net/2008/10/14/1698/&usg=__ydVKvjg7kRENDQR7Q0-IvyehBiA=&h=360&w=492&sz=106&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=29X_ThCwQAR1LM:&tbnh=144&tbnw=197&ei=sOoVTub1FcXL0QH6tohy&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddamien%2Bhirst%2Bpharmaceuticals%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enUS388US389%26biw%3D994%26bih%3D797%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=84&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0&tx=123&ty=66)- similar to Mondrian, but not active and warm like his - more cool and…vaguely menacing… Or the Russian painter Kasemir Malevich, also Mondrian like, but colder - [here’s one of his spare paintings…](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://faculty.dwc.edu/wellman/malevich_black-red-square.jpg&imgrefurl=http://faculty.dwc.edu/wellman/Malevich.html&usg=__dkdQ8Dr1ASf-BlYE-9EaXJ3ZCU8=&h=1039&w=653&sz=44&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=g2kwBPvAaYggJM:&tbnh=158&tbnw=140&ei=YOsVTuubPIu40AHo5YxJ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmalevich%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rlz%3D1T4GGLL_enUS388US389%26biw%3D994%26bih%3D797%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=748&vpy=93&dur=3190&hovh=283&hovw=178&tx=135&ty=162&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&biw=994&bih=797) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/14 "2011-07-07T17:43:56Z")
Maybe some of[Erte’s](http://www.google.com/search?q=erte&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=9oY&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&biw=1016&bih=588&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=au8VTtP1DMTbgQfr850O&sqi=2&ved=0CEQQsAQ) stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/15 "2011-07-07T17:57:22Z")
n/m - already mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/16 "2011-07-07T18:06:40Z")
How about a David Blackwood print? [http://shop2.ago.net/store/product/24478/David-Blackwood-Fire-Down-on-the-Labrador/](http://shop2.ago.net/store/product/24478/David-Blackwood-Fire-Down-on-the-Labrador/) ---
**Author:** ![branjon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@branjon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/branjon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/17 "2011-07-07T18:08:42Z")
This may be veering into college dorm territory, but works by [Balthus](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=766&q=Balthus&gbv=2&oq=Balthus&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=945l2490l0l8l7l1l0l0l0l268l1149l1.2.3l6) (possibly NSFW) seem to fit your description. You’d be a braver man than I to hang one on your wall though – those things give me the chills. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/18 "2011-07-07T18:38:03Z")
Of painting or photography? Out of the stuff I like that come up to mind at the moment: Paintings [Francis Bacon](http://www.google.com/search?q=Francis+Bacon&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=ivnsob&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=1vsVTpXTFemssQLpju1k&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1133&bih=631): A little scary and disturbing and some are not so minimal) [Georges](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour) [de La Tour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_de_La_Tour_016.jpg): From the classics that might fit your criteria but there are definitely warm-ish colors; I luv the uneasiness of de la Tour and the directions of stares. Phillip Guston: His paintings generally have red but cold dye color red though mostly. Georgio Morandi: Still life, minimal and uneasy but probably not menacing. Alberto Giacometti: He’s a sculptor though there are some drawings and paintings. [Frank Auerback](http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=Frank+Auerback&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)’s are kinda minimal-ish, often cold and possibly menacing. Marlene Dumas has a lots of weird minimal stuff (Possibly some NSFW) And maybe Brice Marden’s early prints and mono color minimal paintings? That’s all I have time for, right now. I’ll think of some more. I don’t know whether you will be able to find prints for all these artists but [this place](http://www.art.com/?Aff=CONF&RFID=054402&TKID=0&KWID=206909064&gclid=CND99pfq76kCFUvCKgodPGaUYw&CTID=1109279220)has a lots of fine art prints. ---
**Author:** ![Toffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/19 "2011-07-07T19:16:56Z")
How about Hieronymus Bosch’s “[The Last Judgement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bosch_laatste_oordeel_drieluik.jpg)”? Or perhaps you can find / make some posters of sunny Pripyat, Ukraine? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195/20 "2011-07-07T19:20:45Z")
Or [Hammershøi](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1366&bih=647&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=hammersh%C3%B8i&oq=hammersh%C3%B8i&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=14896l17959l0l10l9l0l1l1l0l312l1951l0.3.4.1l8), perhaps? Bleak and sterile interiors. Not particularly menacing, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-cold-sterile-vaguely-menacing-artwork/588195.md?page=2)