'Anatomy of Melancholy'
Album artwork for Jan Swerts
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Concept by Jan Swerts
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The album contains a serie songs drivenĀ by melancholy.
Each song is dedicated to one of Jan's heroes, who's work also hasĀ a tendency towards melancholy.
TheĀ booklet contains a serieĀ corresponding portraits.
PROCES - COVERIMAGE
The idea for theĀ portraitserie was clear from the start butĀ the coverimage was a search.
Jan's proposal was to use an medical image of William Fairland & Francis Gibson (1869).Ā
I like the image but wanted to make my own version.
I suggested the black sea and in my opinion it had to be 'Jan Swerts'.
'No way!', replayed the modest musican, "I don't want my face on the cover."Ā
After some negotiation we agreadedĀ to give it a try.
'As long as it doesn't resembes too much...'
Oops...
In the beginning Jan wasn't so pleased but after a while he got used to it and even liked it very much... Whew...
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Then Jan suggested to put a hospital on an island on the back of the cover.
Nice idea, it reminded me of the painting 'The isle of Death' byĀ Arnold Bƶcklin.Ā
This was a good inspiration forĀ the mood.
