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The final book of the Bible, known both as The Book of Revelation and The Apocalypse of John, is a prophesy of the events that will occur at the end of time. During the Middle Ages, in a society which held a deep belief in God and was mainly ruled by religious authorities, this apocalyptic theme recurs in art, through various media, including tapestries, illuminations, sculpture, and painting. This book pools the most famous pieces of art inspired by this theme, such as the Apocalypse drapery from Angers Cathedral, the carved tympanum of the Autun Cathedral, and the fresco in Albi Cathedral. The theme of the Apocalypse was a means to impress minds, whilst also allowing artists to develop their imaginations; its symbolic content allowing for many different interpretations.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
58The Archangel St Michael (central panel of the Michael Altar), Gérard David, c. 1510
2Selected Dates of Apocalyptic Predictions
59St Michael Fighting the Dragon, Albrecht Dürer, 1498
3The Temptation of Saint Anthony (triptych, central panel), Hieronymus Bosch, 1505-1506
60All Saints Day, Albrecht Dürer, 1511
4The Angel of the Abyss and Locusts, Magius, c. 950
61The Knight, Death, and the Devil, Albrecht Dürer, 1513
5Beliefs about the end of the world through the ages
62The Haywain (triptych), Hieronymus Bosch, 1515
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6The Four Horsemen Appear at the Opening of the First Four Seals, Attributed to Stephanus Garsia Placidus, c. 1060
63A Deluge, Leonardo da Vinci, 1517-1518
7Page from the Psalter of Blanche of Castile, c. 1230
64St Michael Slaying the Devil, Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1518
8The Angel of the Sixth Seal and The Four Angels at the Four Corners of the Earth
65The Witches’ Procession (Lo Stregozzo), Marcantonio Raimondi, Agostino Veneziano, after 1520
9The False Prophet Rises from the Earth, Calls Down Fire and Orders the Worship of the Beast, Illustration from “The Douce Apocalypse”, c. 1270
66Seven-Headed Serpent from the Book of Revelation, from the 16th century Luther Bible, c. 1530
10The Infernal Chaos around Satan, Atributted to Coppo di Marcovaldo, c. 1270
67Ride to the Witches’ Sabbath detail from An Allegory of Melancholy, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532
11Last Judgement (tympanum, west portal, detail), Gislebertus, c. 1120-1135
68The Key of the Abyss, from Luther’s Bible, Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1534
12Last Judgement (tympanum), Bourges Cathedral, c. 1270
69The Last Judgement (full view), Michelangelo, 1536-1541
13Last Judgement, Christ Enthroned, c. 1270
70The Last Judgement (detail), A Group Fighting Damned, Michelangelo, 1534-1541
14The Demons Are Cast out of Arezzo (detail), Giotto di Bondone, 1296-1297
71The Last Judgement (detail), Damned with Figures of the Underworld, Michelangelo, 1534-1541
15The Last Judgement (detail), Giotto di Bondone, 1302-1305
72The Last Judgement, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1558
16The Last Judgement, 14th century
73Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559
17The Last Judgement, Giotto di Bondone, 1303-1305
74Dulle Griet or Mad Meg, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561
18Christ in Glory Among the Saints or The Last Judgement, Andrea di Cione Orcagna, 1354-1357
75Agony in the Garden, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1562
19Descent to Hell, back panel of the Maestà, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311
76The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562
20The Opening of the Fourth Seal (detail), Nicolas de Bataille and Jean Bondol (design), c. 1373-1381
77The Triumph of Death, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562
21The Orchard of Drunkenness or The Orchard of the Consolation, 12th-14th centuries
78Juno in the Underworld, Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1598
22The Last Judgement, end of the 14th century
79The Flood with Noah’s Ark, Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1601
23The Last Judgement (detail), Jan Van Eyck, c. 1430
80The Tempest, Pieter Bruegel the Elder or Joos de Momper the Younger, 1610-1615
24The Last Judgement (detail), The Elect, Fra Angelico, c. 1431
81The Massacre of the Innocents, Guido Reni, 1611
25The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, 1432-1435
82The Betrayal of Christ, Anthony Van Dyck, c. 1621
26The Last Judgement (detail), Fra Angelico, 1432-1435
83The Last Judgement, Illumination from a Falnama (ancient Islamic book of omens), c. 1610-1630
27The Last Judgement, Stephan Lochner, 1435
84The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Luca Giordano, 1660-1665
28Christ in Limbo, Fra Angelico, c. 1450
85America, a Prophecy (frontispiece), William Blake, 1793
29The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico, c. 1450
86Europe, a Prophecy, William Blake, 1794
30The Last Judgement, Fra Angelico
87Illustration from The First Book of Urizen, William Blake, 1794
31The Last Judgement, Rogier van der Weyden, 1445-1450
88Illustration from Europe, a Prophecy (frontispiece), William Blake, 1794
32The Last Judgement (triptych), Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471
89Pity, William Blake, c. 1795
33The Last Judgement (triptych, central panel), Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471
90El Aquelarre (The Witches Sabbath), Francisco Goya, 1797-1798
34The Fall of the Damned right panel of a Last Judgement triptych, Dieric Bouts the Elder, c. 1470
91Icon: Archangel Michael Leader of the Heavenly Host, end of 18th century
35Table of the Mortal Sins, Hieromymus Bosch, 1475-1480
92Death on a Pale Horse, William Blake, 1800
36The Last Judgement, Alaert Du Hamel, 1478-1509
93The Spiritual Form of Nelson Guiding Leviathan, William Blake, c. 1805-1809
37The Opening of the Third Seal, 3rd quarter of 15th century
94The Angel Michael Binding Satan (“He Cast Him into the Bottomless Pit, and Shut Him Up”), William Blake, c. 1805
38Inferno: Canto XVIII – 8th Circle (Malebolge) and the Punishment of Seducers, Pimps and Prostitutes, c. 1480
95Death on a Pale Horse, Benjamin West, 1817
39The Last Judgement (triptych), Hieronymus Bosch, after 1482
96The Colossus, Asensio Juliá (wrongly attributed to Goya), c. 1818-1825
4015th Century Missal with an Illustration of the The Last Judgement, 1490
97Saturn Devouring his Children, Francisco Goya, 1820-1823
41Altarpiece of the Hermits, Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1490-1499
98Dante and Virgil in Hell called The Barque of Dante, Eugène Delacroix, 1822
42Purgatory: Canto XXX, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s
99The Deluge, Gustave Doré, 1866
43Purgatory: Canto XXXIII, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s
100The Deluge, William Miller (after John Martin), 1844
44Inferno: Canto X, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490
101The Great Day of His Wrath, John Martin, 1851-1853
45Inferno: Canto XV, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490
102The Angel Standing in the Sun, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1846
46The Abyss of Hell, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1490
103The Vision of the Four Beasts, Gustave Doré, 1866
47The Falling of the Damned into Hell, Hieronymus Bosch, before 1490
104The Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Gustave Doré, 1866
48The Ascent into the Empyrean or Highest Heaven, Hieronymus Bosch, 15th century
105The Last Judgement, Gustave Doré, 1866
49The Whore of Babylon, Scene from the Revelation of St John Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496-1497
106The Gates of Hell, Auguste Rodin, 1880-1917
50The Last Judgement (detail), The Damned Taken to Hell, Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502
107Hell and the Seven Deadly Sins, published by La Bonne Presse, end of 19th century
51The Preaching and Acts of the Anti-Christ, Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502
108Apocalyptic City, Ludwig Meidner, 1913
52The Damned (detail), Luca Signorelli, 1499-1502
109Angel, Giovanni Boldini, 1924
53The Last Judgement (triptych), Hieronymus Bosch, 1486
110The Flame, Jackson Pollock, 1934-1938
54The Garden of Delights, Hell (right panel), Hieronymus Bosch, 1503-1504
111The Horseman of Death, Salvador Dalí, 1935
55The Last Judgement (fragment), Hieronymus Bosch, 1506-1508
112Untitled drawing with cataclysmic theme, Frida Kahlo, 1946
56Saint Michael and the Demon known as The Small Saint Michael, Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1503-1505
113Visage of War, Salvador Dalí, 1940
57The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand, Albrecht Dürer, 1508
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