APOCALYPSE IN BRITISH ART AND VISU - Some Revelation

This book is the first substantial study of the presence and relationship with the concepts of apocalypse, eschatology, and millennium in modern British art from 1914 to 1945, addressing how and why practitioners in both religious and secular spheres turned to the subjects.

List of contents

1. Introduction, 2. 1. Terminology and the Eschatological Context, 3. 2. Death and Sacrifice, 4. 3. Resurrection and Redemption Beyond Death, 5. 4. Retrospective Apocalypse, 6. 5. The Kingdom and the Ultimate Paradise, 7. 6. Illustrating the Apocalypse, 8. 7. Prospective Apocalypse, 9. 8. Apocalypse Come, 10. Envoi

About the author

Thomas Bromwell is a postdoctoral research fellow at tPaul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.

Summary

This book is the first substantial study of the presence and relationship with the concepts of apocalypse, eschatology, and millennium in modern British art from 1914 to 1945, addressing how and why practitioners in both religious and secular spheres turned to the subjects.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bromwell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032409429
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240942-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Theory of art, European History, 20th Century, ART / History / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of Art, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Philosophy of religion, Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960, RELIGION: Eschatology