| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Rationale behind the study and choice of visual case studies ; Brief outline of the study ; Towards an interdisciplinary methodology -- The Lambeth apocalypse : reading, viewing, and internalizing the Book of revelation in the thirteenth century. Introduction ; The Anglo-Norman apocalypse : genre, patrons, and purpose ; The Berengaudus commentary and the development of apocalyptic exegesis ; The Lambeth apocalypse ; Contemporary theological issues and the Lambeth apocalypse ; Conclusion -- The Angers Apocalypse Tapestry : a fourteenth-century walking tour of the Book of revelation. Introduction ; Patron and possible purpose of the Angers Apocalypse Tapestry ; Jean de Bondol and the manuscript models for Angers ; The Angers Apocalypse Tapestry : form and composition ; Issues of style, physicality, and temporality in the Angers Apocalypse Tapestry ; The role of John ; Exegetical emphases of the Angers Apocalypse Tapestry ; Conclusion -- Visualizing the Book of revelation for the fifteenth-century congregation : The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) and the St. John Altarpiece (1479). Introduction ; The Ghent Altarpiece ; The patrons of the Ghent Altarpiece, its original location and function ; The theological programme of the Ghent Altarpiece and it's likely sources ; Conclusion ; Hans Memling's St John Altarpiece ; Setting and function of the altarpiece ; Memling's iconographic and textual influences ; Detailed analysis of the apocalypse panel of the St John Altarpiece ; Conclusion -- The Mystic Nativity : Botticelli and the Book of revelation. Introduction ; The artist : Alessandro Botticelli ; Botticelli's cultural and intellectual context ; Patron, place, and purpose of The Mystic Nativity ; The Mystic Nativity ; Conclusion -- A time of transition : visual representation of the Book of revelation in Germany in the late medieval and Early Modern period. Introduction ; The Koberger Bible ; Dürer's apocalypse series ; Lucas Cranach and the Book of revelation ; Conclusion -- Hermeneutical reflections and visual exegesis. Introduction ; Visual exegesis as Sachexegese : a critical summary of the main findings ; Text-image issues ; Visualizing John's visions ; Second-order reflection ; Hermeneutical conclusions and a contemporary example of Sachexegese ; Re-envisioning the Book of revelation ; Blake's re-envisioning of biblical texts -- Conclusion -- Appendices. The Book of revelation : a visionary text? ; Brief descriptions of the Koberger, Dürer, and Cranach apocalypse images ; Tables 1-5 : graph 1 |
| Summary |
This title presents a fresh approach to considering works of art inspired by the Book of Revelation, including well known work by Van Eycks, Memling, Botticelli, Dürer and Cranach the Elder |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Revelation -- Illustrations
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Bible. Revelation -- Influence
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Bible. Revelation. fast (OCoLC)fst01892943 |
| Subject |
Apocalypse in art -- History
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Apocalypse in art.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Illustrated works.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199590100 |
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0199590109 |
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9780191725678 |
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0191725676 |
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