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People have always been interested in the time
they have to live, in its fulfillment and end. A whole group of
religious texts, called Apocalyptica, dealt with the question of
the end of the world. A certain interpretation and recasting of
these notions also displays its form in fine arts: the image of
the Last Judgement. Images of the Last Judgement are in accordance with the past, for their form and even their testimony of Christian faith. The doctrine of creation was overcome by theories of evolution. Man himself takes into hand the judgement and punishment of his own kind. In spite of this distance from the mentality and milieu within which the images of the Last Judgement arose, it is still appropriate today to call to mind much of their meaning and content |
The Last Judgementby Martin Zlatohlávek and Christian Rätsch / Claudia Müller-Ebeling
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Contents:Foreword Prechristian representations of the Last Judgement The original image of the Last Judgement: chosen and condemned The Last Judgement: representations outside of Christianity Basic lines of the image of the Last Judgement The Last Judgement: image compositions of great masters The image elements of the Last Judgement Bibliography Index |
Specifications:9 3/8 x 11 5/8 in. 24 x 29,5 cm 240 pages Over 200 full colour illustrations
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