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PICTURING THE APOCALYPSE
THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN THE ARTS OVER TWO MILLENNIA |
| By: |
Natasha O'Hear, Anthony O'Hear |
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Hardback |
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£21.49 |
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£18.80 |
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£2.69 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199689016 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199689019 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 May, 2015 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
An original introduction to the book of Revelation through the use of art history, with attention also given to the reception of the text in music, literature, and popular culture. |
| Synopsis: |
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 or climate-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 in particular. 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 |
| Illustrations: |
120 images; two 16-page colour plate sections |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
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Returnable |
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