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9780802083258: The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come
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ISBN 10: 0802083250 ISBN 13: 9780802083258
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1999

Sinossi

The end of the second millenium is an appropriate moment to evaluate the legacy of one of the most vivid and controversial writings in the Christian canon, the Book of Revelation. The idea of an apocalypse that was both destructive and redemptive provided a rich vein of visual and literary imagery that remains a force in contemporary culture. This book examines the tradition as represented by illuminated manuscripts, books, prints, and drawings from the eleventh century up to the end of the Second World War, concentrating on particular episodes or apocalyptic phases, which have often occurred at the end of centuries and have always been rooted in historical and political circumstances.

The defining moment in the development of the pictorial tradition was D�rer's great Apocalypse cycle, published in 1498. Apocalyptic imagery was quickly appropriated as a vehicle for propaganda and satire, becoming secularised at the hands of artists such as the late eighteenth-century satirist James Gillray. Gillray's contemporary William Blake evolved a concept of Apocalypse and Judgement that responded to the millenarian currents and revolutionary upheavals of his time.

In our own century, apocalyptic metaphor has been a powerful vehicle for many writers, artists, and film directors to convey their visions of worldly and spiritual destruction and regeneration.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Frances Carey is Deputy Keeper in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum. Her publications include Modern Scandinavian Prints and (with Anthony Griffiths) The Print in Germany 1880-1933, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-1960, and German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe.

Frances Carey is Deputy Keeper in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum.

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Editore
Univ of Toronto Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1999
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0802083250
ISBN 13 
9780802083258
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
362
Redattore
Carey Frances
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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ISBN 10:  0714126233 ISBN 13:  9780714126234
Casa editrice: British Museum Press, 1999
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