The Bloody Countess (Artwork by Santiago Caruso)

''La Condesa Sangrienta'' was written by Alejandra Pizarnik  and illustrated by Santiago Caruso.
"The aim of this book is to show the madness and the inner alchemy of Bathory. These images explore the absolute power, the torture, the desire of eternity, the hungry soul of the Human. The Technique is ink over a stucated paper, later scratched. The color is acrylic in red."

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (Alžbeta Bátoriová in Slovak, Báthory Erzsébet in Hungarian, 7 August 1560 -- 21 August 1614) was a countess from the renowned Báthory family. Although in modern times she has been labelled the most prolific female serial killer in history, evidence of her alleged crimes is scant and her guilt is debated. She is nevertheless remembered as the "Blood Countess" or "Bloody Lady of Čachtice", after the castle near Trenčín in Slovakia (formerly the Kingdom of Hungary) where she spent most of her adult life.
After her husband's death, she and four collaborators were accused of torturing and killing hundreds of girls and young women, with one witness attributing to them over 600 victims, though the number for which they were convicted was 80. Elizabeth herself was neither tried nor convicted. In 1610, however, she was imprisoned in the Čachtice Castle, where she remained bricked in a set of rooms until her death four years later.
Later writings about the case have led to legendary accounts of the Countess bathing in the blood of virgins in order to retain her youth and subsequently also to comparisons with Vlad III the Impaler of Wallachia, or Count Dracula , and to modern nicknames of the Blood Countess and Countess Dracula.

Music by  Béla Bartók, 'Sonata per violino solo -- Fuga'.

Erzsébet Báthory, conosciuta anche come Elisabetta Bathory, soprannominata la Contessa Dracula o Contessa Sanguinaria (Nyírbátor, 7 agosto 1560 -- Čachtice, 21 agosto 1614), fu una leggendaria serial killer ungherese, considerata la più famosa assassina seriale sia in Slovacchia che in Ungheria. Lei e quattro suoi collaboratori furono accusati di aver torturato e ucciso centinaia di giovani donne. Le illustrazioni di questo video sono di Santiago Caruso e sono tratte dal libro 'La Condesa Sangrienta' (La Contessa Sanguinaria) della poetessa surrealista Alejandra Pizarnik.

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[Laika231]

Buenísimo!!!!!!

Increible Andrea! Me lees el pensamiento :) Justo ahora termino de leer la novela "La Condesa" de Rebecca Johns, que es la vida de Erzsébet Báthory, y me ha encantado, que mala, malísima era, pobres criadas :(

Tambien queria hacer un video sobre ella, pero desisto, por mucho que busque jamás encontraré imágenes tan buenas como las que has puesto tú, así que muchas gracias, tu video ha sido el complemento perfecto a la novela.

Besitos

[almacattleya]

Davvero particolari. Sbaglio o ci sono dei riferimenti anche alla stregoneria?

[zara2255]

...Really awfull...