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Revelations : art of the Apocalypse / Nancy Grubb

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Grubb, Nancy

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Abbeville Press , c1997Description: 144 p. : illus. ; 32 cmISBN:

9780789203984

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DDC classification:

704.94 REV

Summary: 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	704.94 REV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		056836

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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.

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