In ___________________was among the first artist to attempt to depict the dark terrain of the human subconscious that became fer
tile ground for later artists to harvest. a. Ancient of Days by William Blake
b. The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
c. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Francisco Goya
d. The Rapt of the Medusa by Theodore Gericault
Henry Fuseli's oil painting "The Nightmare" from 1781 explores the unconscious and subconscious of human and its dark side. This painting depicts a sleeping woman with her arms below her, and a demon and ape-like incubus hovering above her.
There has been numerous interpretations for this painting, some suggesting the woman and her nightmare representative of what normal humans most often experience. A person sleeping alone at night is more prone to have nightmares, especially in Germanic folklore and tales about witches visiting those who sleep alone.
With this painting, Fuseli became one of the first artist to try to depict the dark side of the human subconscious which later became a fertile ground for the future artists to follow and reap from.
