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Apocalypse - Camille Flammarion
Camille Flammarion
extract from La Fin du monde (The End of the World)
Apocalypse
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ISBN: 978-1-78160-585-1
Contents
Selected Dates of Apocalyptic Predictions
Beliefs about the end of the world through the ages
List of Illustrations
15th Century Missal with an Illustration of the The Last Judgement, 1490
A
A Deluge, Leonardo da Vinci, 1517-1518
Agony in the Garden, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), 1562
All Saints Day, Albrecht Dürer, 1511
Altarpiece of the Hermits, Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1490-1499
America, a Prophecy (frontispiece), William Blake, 1793
Angel, Giovanni Boldini, 1924
Apocalyptic City, Ludwig Meidner, 1913
C
Christ in Glory Among the Saints or The Last Judgement, Andrea di Cione Orcagna, 1354-1357
Christ in Limbo, Fra Angelico, c. 1450
D
Dante and Virgil in Hell called The Barque of Dante, Eugène Delacroix, 1822
Death on a Pale Horse, Benjamin West, 1817
Death on a Pale Horse, William Blake, 1800
Descent to Hell, back panel of the Maestà, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311
Dulle Griet or Mad Meg, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1561
E
El Aquelarre (The Witches Sabbath), Francisco Goya, 1797-1798
Europe, a Prophecy, William Blake, 1794
H
Hell and the Seven Deadly Sins, published by La Bonne Presse, end of 19th century
I
Icon: Archangel Michael Leader of the Heavenly Host, end of 18th century
Illustration from Europe, a Prophecy (frontispiece), William Blake, 1794
Illustration from The First Book of Urizen, William Blake, 1794
Inferno: Canto X, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490
Inferno: Canto XV, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1480-1490
Inferno: Canto XVIII – 8th Circle (Malebolge) and the Punishment of Seducers, Pimps and Prostitutes, c. 1480
J
John on Patmos Woken by the Angel, Illustration from The Douce Apocalypse
, c. 1270
Juno in the Underworld, Jan Brueghel the Elder, c. 1598
L
Last Judgement (tympanum), Bourges Cathedral, c. 1270
Last Judgement (tympanum, west portal, detail), Gislebertus, c. 1120-1135
Last Judgement, Christ Enthroned, c. 1270
N
Netherlandish Proverbs, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559
P
Page from the Psalter of Blanche of Castile, c. 1230
Pity, William Blake, c. 1795
Purgatory: Canto XXX, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s
Purgatory: Canto XXXIII, Sandro Botticelli, early 1490s
R
Ride to the Witches’ Sabbath detail from An Allegory of Melancholy, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1532
S
Saint Michael and the Demon known as The Small Saint Michael, Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1503-1505
Saturn Devouring his Children, Francisco Goya, 1820-1823
Seven-Headed Serpent from the Book of Revelation, from the 16th century Luther Bible, c. 1530
St Michael Fighting the Dragon, Albrecht Dürer, 1498
St Michael Slaying the Devil, Raffaelo Sanzio (Raphael), c. 1518
T
Table of the Mortal Sins, Hieromymus Bosch, 1475-1480
The Abyss of Hell, Illustration for Dante’s Divine Comedy, c. 1490
The Angel Michael Binding Satan (He Cast Him into the Bottomless Pit, and Shut Him Up
), William Blake, c. 1805
The Angel of the Abyss and Locusts, Magius, c. 950
The Angel of the Sixth Seal and The Four Angels at the Four Corners of the Earth
The Angel Proclaims Who is worthy?
– John Consoled by the Ancient, Illustration from "The Douce