The book of Revelation has been a source of continual fascination for nearly two thousand years. Concepts such as the Lamb of God; the Four Horsemen; the Seventh Seal; the Beasts and Antichrist; the Whore of Babylon; Armageddon; the Millennium; the Last Judgement; the New Jerusalem; and the ubiquitous angels of the Apocalypse have captured the popular imagination. One can hardly open a newspaper or click on a news site without reading about impending financial orclimate-change Armageddon; while the concept of the Four Horsemen pervades popular music; gaming; and satire. Yet few people know much about either the basic meaning or original context of these concepts or the multiplicity of different ways in which they have been interpreted by visual artists inparticular. The visual history of this most widely illustrated of all the biblical books deserves greater attention.This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way by means of ten concise thematic chapters which explain the origins of these concepts from the book of Revelation in an accessible way. These explanations are augmented and developed via a carefully selected sample of the ways in which the concepts have been treated by artists through the centuries. The 120 visual examples are drawn from a wide range of time periods and media including the ninth-century Trier Apocalypse;thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse Manuscripts such as the Lambeth and Trinity Apocalypses; the fourteenth-century Angers Apocalypse Tapestry; fifteenth-century Apocalypse altarpieces by Van Eyck and Memling; Duuml;rer and Cranachs sixteenth-century Apocalypse woodcuts; and more recently a range of works byWilliam Blake; J.M.W. Turner; Max Beckmann; as well as film posters and film stills; cartoons; and childrens book illustrations. The final chapter demonstrates the continuing resonance of all the themes in contemporary religious; political; and popular thinking; while throughout the book a contrast will be drawn between those readers of Revelation who have seen it in terms of earthly revolutions in the here and now; and those who have adopted a more spiritual; other-worldlyapproach.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. $$ well spent especially for the WWII historian who has everythingBy Nicole TK Moorethis was a gift for my husband who loved it!!! and hes got pretty much every WWII item imaginable. he particularly enjoyed the facts presented in this book as well as the photos. i couldnt be happier as hes a hard person to shop for and this was a major win in his book- yay! i also bought one for my father-in-law. i cant wait to see his reaction too!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great photos of a very bad war!By rockyThe photography was great (some of the reporters did not make it home.). I was just a young boy during the war; but I remember it like it was yesterday ). I remember watching news reports in the theaters. I remember very vividly the day President Roosevelt died (my Mother cried a lot when she heard the news ;then of course I cried)0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. great photosBy MWMWFast shipping; as advertised; good product at a great price.
