Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse
- ISBN-10
- 0789203987
- ISBN-13
- 9780789203984
- Series
- Revelations
- Category
- Religion / Inspirational
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Author
- Nancy Grubb
Description
For nearly two thousand years, artists have been envisioning the end of the world as described in the biblical Book of Revelation. Their wonderfully strange creations - from Luca Signorelli's heroic angel warriors to William Blake's nightmarish beasts, and from Giotto's flower-strewn heaven to Howard Finster's blood red hell - fill Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse. The introduction to Revelations: Art of the Apocalypse provides an enlightening overview of the ancient sources, multilayered meanings, and mystifying symbolism of Revelation. Individual chapters are devoted to specific aspects of the diverse imagery, ranging from the apocalyptic angels and the four horsemen to Antichrist and the beasts, from the resurrection and Last Judgment to "the new heaven and the new earth." Biblical quotes are interwoven with illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, oil paintings, tapestries, stained glass, and sculpture. Some of Western culture's most compelling painters are represented, including Fra Angelico, Hieronymus Bosch, Michelangelo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Joseph Mallord William Turner, as well as medieval artisans and twentieth-century Outsider artists.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
我要練習愛生命: 教你樂觀面對人生，要活得開心？擁有沉重壓力的香港人必讀之書！！！！！！
By 超媒體出版社, 木蘭, Systech-publications你有試過迷茫，灰心，甚至對這世界心灰意冷？ 教你樂觀面對人生，要活得開心？請先熱愛你自己的生命！ 擁有沉重壓力的香港人必讀之書！！！！！！ ...
-
心靈重生•赫米斯的祕傳智慧: 照亮千年的黑暗，啟發人類的無限可能
By 堤摩西．弗瑞克「新學問」(佛羅倫斯的知識試驗廣為人知後的稱呼)的學生們被命為特使派遣至外地,他們所經之處,都掀起了新的運動。「改革之父」馬丁.路德(Martin Luther)和伊拉模斯(Erasmus)1的老師──羅伊希林(Reuchlin)2,在離開佛羅倫斯之後成為最優先在德國播下宗教 ...
-
不管你捨不捨得，許多事遲早要放下
By 凌茜生命是流動的，你不可能停在某個處境當中， 財富、事業、深愛的子女，或者是傷透你心的一段戀情…… 不管你如何強求，或者抗拒， 該來的總是會來，該走的沒有一樣留得住。 ...
-
Basic Types of Pastoral Counseling
By Howard John ClinebellThis book contains 31 stories or reflections centered on the theme of finding God in daily events and aims to help readers look and listen for God each day of their life.
-
A Diary of Private Prayer
By John BaillieThis is a book of personal devotions which compels a deep searching of one's inner life. Dr. Baillie has written each prayer so that it has that rare quality of...
-
Making Sense of Suffering: A Jewish Approach
By Yitzchok Kirzner, Jeremy Paul Kagan, Yonason RosenblumMaking Sense of Suffering: A Jewish Approach
-
在殘酷的世界中挖掘生命的美好：一行禪師弟子教你利用正念，找到耐挫與靜心的力量
By 提姆．戴斯蒙人類最缺乏的生存技巧，是面對苦痛仍保有人性。 雖然人世間的折磨將我們變成討厭的人， 但正念能讓我們找到對自己溫柔以待、小心輕放的方式， 並懷抱慈悲、喜悅、寧靜與智慧，重拾與他人及世界的連結。 ★美國Amazon讀者4.6顆星盛讚 童年創傷．照護者壓力．溝通障礙．虐戀．社會衝突．犯罪後內疚 作者提姆．戴斯蒙自小缺少父親的關愛、童年飽受母親酗酒之苦又經常逃家，成家立業後又遭逢妻子罹癌逝世。雖然面對生命再三的考驗，他卻能從這些痛苦與崩潰的狀態中熬了過來。到底是什麼力量，讓他能夠一次次從打擊中再次站起來，而願意持續擁抱生命的美好呢？答案就是：「正念」。 戴斯蒙曾多年跟著一行禪師接受禪修的訓練，而體悟到正念的力量是讓人能夠看清楚真理實相，而非讓自己不斷怨天尤人，甚至陷入痛苦中無法自拔。正念的真諦並不是要你凡事都往好處想，而是要如實接受當下的一切，藉由回到自己內心的「家」，找尋從痛苦與情緒創傷中解放的心藥方。 本書透過各種練習帶你培養正念，如此才能在面對周遭環境的巨變、人際關係崩壞，以及不時傾洩而出憂鬱情緒時，仍舊毫無畏懼地繼續前進。這些正念練習不僅是脫離痛苦、治癒情緒創傷的方法，更能幫助你好好地在糟糕透頂的世界中安住，再次發現生命中的美好，並能啟動善的循環改變世界，散播愛與溫暖給每一個人。 正能量推薦 石世明╱欣明心理成長中心臨床心理師、台灣正念照顧協會常務理事 李怡如 Sangeeta ╱正念減壓MBSR老師、《366正念卡》作者 柚子甜╱心靈作家 陳德中╱台灣正念工坊執行長
-
Seeds
By Thomas MertonThomas Merton is often considered the most prominent Christian contemplative of the twentieth century, but he was also a political activist, social visionary, and literary figure whose writings combine the...
-
In the Sphere of Silence
By Vijay EswaranIn the Sphere of Silence
-
Broken Trust: Stories of Pain, Hope, and Healing from Clerical Abuse Survivors and Abusers
By Patrick Fleming, Sue Lauber-Fleming, Mark T. MatousekFrom Boston to Los Angeles, Catholic sexual abuse scandals have been widely coverd in the media. Here for the first time the personal stories of those involved, both abusers and...