Apocalypse E-Book

Camille Flammarion

• Herausgeber: Parkstone International
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Seitenzahl: 60

Beschreibung

Apocalypse

Leseprobe

Camille Flammarion

extract from La Fin du monde (The End of the World)

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ISBN: 978-1-78160-585-1

Contents

Selected Dates of Apocalyptic Predictions

Beliefs about the end of the world through the ages

List of Illustrations

15thCentury Missal with an Illustration of the The Last Judgement, 1490

A

A Deluge, Leonardo da Vinci, 1517-1518

Agony in the Garden, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1562

All Saints Day, Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Altarpiece of the Hermits, Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1490-1499

America, a Prophecy (frontispiece),William Blake, 1793

Angel, Giovanni Boldini, 1924

Apocalyptic City, Ludwig Meidner, 1913

C

Christ in Glory Among the Saints or The Last Judgement, Andrea di Cione Orcagna, 1354-1357

Christ in Limbo, Fra Angelico, c. 1450

D

Dante and Virgil in Hell called The Barque of Dante, Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Death on a Pale Horse, Benjamin West, 1817

Death on a Pale Horse, William Blake, 1800

Descent to Hell, back panel of the Maestà, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311

Dulle Griet or Mad Meg, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561

E

El Aquelarre (The Witches Sabbath),Francisco Goya, 1797-1798

Europe, a Prophecy, William Blake, 1794

H

Hell and the Seven Deadly Sins, published by La Bonne Presse, end of 19th century

I

Icon: Archangel Michael Leader of the Heavenly Host, end of 18th century

Illustration from Europe, a Prophecy (frontispiece),William Blake, 1794

Illustration from The First Book of Urizen, William Blake, 1794

Inferno: Canto X, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490

Inferno: Canto XV, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490

Inferno: Canto XVIII – 8th Circle (Malebolge) and the Punishment of Seducers, Pimps and Prostitutes, c. 1480

J

John on Patmos Woken by the Angel,Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

Juno in the Underworld, Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1598

L

Last Judgement (tympanum),Bourges Cathedral, c. 1270

Last Judgement (tympanum, west portal, detail), Gislebertus, c. 1120-1135

Last Judgement, Christ Enthroned, c. 1270

N

Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559

P

Page from the Psalter of Blanche of Castile, c. 1230

Pity, William Blake, c. 1795

Purgatory: Canto XXX, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s

Purgatory: Canto XXXIII, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s

R

Ride to the Witches’ Sabbath detail from An Allegory of Melancholy, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532

S

Saint Michael and the Demon known as The Small Saint Michael, Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1503-1505

Saturn Devouring his Children, Francisco Goya, 1820-1823

Seven-Headed Serpent from the Book of Revelation, from the 16th century Luther Bible, c. 1530

St Michael Fighting the Dragon, Albrecht Dürer, 1498

St Michael Slaying the Devil, Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1518

T

Table of the Mortal Sins, Hieromymus Bosch, 1475-1480

The Abyss of Hell, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1490

The Angel Michael Binding Satan (“He Cast Him into the Bottomless Pit, and Shut Him Up”),William Blake, c. 1805

The Angel of the Abyss and Locusts, Magius, c. 950

The Angel of the Sixth Seal and The Four Angels at the Four Corners of the Earth

The Angel Proclaims “Who is worthy?” – John Consoled by the Ancient, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

The Angel Standing in the Sun, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1846

The Apocalypse (detail),Albrecht Dürer, 1498

The Archangel St Michael (central panel of the Michael Altar),Gérard David, c. 1510

The Ascent into the Empyrean or Highest Heaven, Hieronymus Bosch, 15th century

The Betrayal of Christ, Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1621

The Colossus, Asensio Juliá (wrongly attributed to Goya), c. 1818-1825

The Damned (detail),Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502

The Deluge, Gustave Doré, 1866

The Deluge, William Miller (after John Martin), 1844

The Demons Are Cast out of Arezzo (detail),Giotto di Bondone, 1296-1297

The Dragon Delegates Power to the Beast Who Comes from the Sea, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

The Dragon, Who is Satan, Comes Forth Again, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

The Fall of the Damned right panel of a Last Judgement triptych, Dieric Bouts the Elder, c. 1470

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Luca Giordano, 1660-1665

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562

The Falling of the Damned into Hell, Hieronymus Bosch, before 1490

The False Prophet Rises from the Earth, Calls Down Fire and Orders the Worship of the Beast, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

The Flame, Jackson Pollock, 1934-1938

The Flood with Noah’s Ark,Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1601

The Four Horsemen Appear at the Opening of the First Four Seals, Attributed to Stephanus Garsia Placidus, c. 1060

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Albrecht Dürer, 1497-1498

The Garden of Delights, Hell (right panel),Hieronymus Bosch, 1503-1504

The Gates of Hell, Auguste Rodin, 1880-1917

The Great Day of His Wrath, John Martin, 1851-1853

The Haywain (triptych),Hieronymus Bosch, 1515

The Horseman of Death, Salvador Dalí, 1935

The Infernal Chaos around Satan, Atributted to Coppo di Marcovaldo, c. 1270

The Key of the Abyss, from Luther’s Bible, Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1534

The Knight, Death, and the Devil, Albrecht Dürer, 1513

The Last Judgement (detail), A Group Fighting Damned, Michelangelo, 1534-1541

The Last Judgement (detail), Damned with Figures of the Underworld, Michelangelo, 1534-1541

The Last Judgement (detail),Fra Angelico, 1432-1435

The Last Judgement (detail),Giotto di Bondone, 1302-1305

The Last Judgement (detail),Jan Van Eyck, c. 1430

The Last Judgement (detail), The Damned Taken to Hell, Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502

The Last Judgement (detail), The Elect, Fra Angelico, c. 1431

The Last Judgement (fragment),Hieronymus Bosch, 1506-1508

The Last Judgement (full view),Michelangelo, 1536-1541

The Last Judgement (triptych),Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471

The Last Judgement (triptych),Hieronymus Bosch, 1486

The Last Judgement (triptych), Hieronymus Bosch, after 1482

The Last Judgement (triptych, central panel),Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471

The Last Judgement, 14th century

The Last Judgement, Alaert Du Hamel, 1478-1509

The Last Judgement, end of the 14th century

The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico

The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, 1432-1435

The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, c. 1450

The Last Judgement, Giotto di Bondone, 1303-1305

The Last Judgement,Gustave Doré, 1866

The Last Judgement, Illumination from a Falnama (ancient Islamic book of omens), c. 1610-1630

The Last Judgement, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558

The Last Judgement, Rogier van der Weyden, 1445-1450

The Last Judgement, Stephan Lochner, 1435

The Locusts Riding, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270

The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, Albrecht Dürer, 1508

The Massacre of the Innocents, Guido Reni, 1611

The Opening of the Fourth Seal (detail),Nicolas de Bataille and Jean Bondol (design), c. 1373-1381

The Opening of the Third Seal, 3rd quarter of 15th century

The Orchard of Drunkenness or The Orchard of the Consolation