Apocalypse Illuminated

Apocalypse Illuminated
Author: Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2018
Genre: Apocalypse in art
ISBN: 9780271078656

"Studies the illustration of Revelation in manuscripts from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Examines how twenty-five of the most important illustrated Apocalypses illustrate the biblical text and interpret it for diverse audiences"--Résumé de l'auteur.

Illuminating the End of Time

Illuminating the End of Time
Author: Nigel J. Morgan
Publisher: J Paul Getty Museum Publications
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2012
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781606060711

The visionary nature of the Apocalypse—the biblical book of Revelation—along with its detailed descriptions of the end of the world have long made it ideal for illustration. Illuminated texts of the Apocalypse were particularly popular in thirteenth-century England, and the copy in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, with its lively narrative miniatures, stands as a testament to the artistic heights achieved during that period. In this richly illustrated book, all eighty-two of the manuscript's images are reproduced in color for the first time. They are accompanied by a full commentary. A general introduction to the history of thirteenth-century English illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts is followed by a succinct study of the artistic context of the Getty's manuscript, as well as a consideration of its style and date. The rest of the commentary is devoted to a stylistic and iconographic analysis of the manuscript's images; there is also a complete translation of the text.

The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages

The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages
Author: Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780801422829

An innovative overview of the influence of the Apocalypse on the shaping of the Christian culture of the Middle Ages.

Picturing the Apocalypse

Picturing the Apocalypse
Author: Natasha O'Hear
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2015
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199689016

This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way by means of ten concise thematic chapters which explain the origins of these concepts from the book of Revelation in an accessible way. These explanations are augmented and developed via a carefully selected sample of the ways in which the concepts have been treated by artists through the centuries. The 120 visual examples are drawn from a wide range of time periods and media including the ninth-century Trier Apocalypse, thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse Manuscripts such as the Lambeth and Trinity Apocalypses, the fourteenth-century Angers Apocalypse Tapestry, fifteenth-century Apocalypse altarpieces by Van Eyck and Memling, Dürer and Cranach's sixteenth-century Apocalypse woodcuts, and more recently a range of works by William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, Max Beckmann, as well as film posters and film stills, cartoons, and children's book illustrations.

The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come

The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come
Author: Frances Carey
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802083258

The Book of Revelation's legacy of visual imagery is evaluated here, from the 11th century to the end of World War 2 illuminated manuscripts, books, prints and drawings of apocalyptic phases are examined.

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts
Author: Thomas Kren
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1997-11-13
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0892364467

The Getty Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts, featured in this book, comprises masterpieces of medieval and Renaissance art. Dating from the tenth to the sixteenth century, they were produced in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, England, Spain, Poland, and the eastern Mediterranean. Among the highlights are four Ottonian manuscripts, Romanesque treasures from Germany, Italy, and France, an English Gothic Apocalypse, and late medieval manuscripts painted by such masters as Jean Fouquet, Girolamo da Cremona, Simon Marmion, and Joris Hoefnagel. Included are glistening liturgical books, intimate and touching devotional books for private use, books of the Bible, lively histories by Giovanni Boccaccio and Jean Froissart, and a breathtaking Model Book of Calligraphy.

The Art of Illumination

The Art of Illumination
Author: Timothy Husband
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2008
Genre: Belles heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry
ISBN: 1588392945