Artist John Martin, 1789–1854

Works featured in these exhibitions

The Creation from the series Illustrations of the Bible by John Martin. • A monochrome print depicting a dark scene of waves, rocks, and clouds. At centre-right, a bearded figure (God) is shown in the sky, his flowing hair and garments blending into the clouds. His outstretched hand conjures a patch of light to his left, which begins to illuminate the scene. Celestial bodies (sun, moon and stars?) are depicted in the sky.

Baptistry window in Coventry Cathedral by John Piper and Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens. Photo of a floor-to-ceiling, stained glass window in Coventry Cathedral. The window consists of a grid of glass and stone, letting light in and blocking it out. Yellow glass panels in the centre are in a roughly circular shape, with greener panels surrounding them. Red dominates the vertical sides of the window, while the top is primarily dark blue. Many of the panels are a mixture of yellow, green, blue and red

"The Division of the Light from the Darkness," illustration III, in the book Genesis from the Bible (Soho, London: The Nonesuch Press) by Paul Nash. This monochrome print displays a series of sharp and straight black and white lines, overlapping and pointing in different directions. The angular nature of these lines mimics rays of light against the darkness.

Genesis 1:3–5 Let There be Light

The Fall of Babylon, from Illustrations of the Bible, John Martin

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Death of Akkadian King, by Vivan Sundaram

Isaiah 13:1–14:27 Destruction in Progress

Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt van Rijn

Belshazzar's Feast by John Martin

Belshazzar’s Feast, the Writing on Your Wall by Susan Hiller

Daniel 5 The Writing on the Wall

Moon and Smoke by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin

Nataraja, Shiva as the Lord of Dance by Unknown artist, Tamil Nadu, South India

2 Peter 3 Fire!

The Fall of Babylon by John Martin

The Tower of Babel (La Tour de Babel) by Endre Rozsda

The Second Angel Announces the Fall of Babylon, no.50 from The Apocalypse of Angers by Nicolas Bataille

Revelation 18 Babylon is Fallen!

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Jacob and the Angel by Jacob Epstein

Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) by Paul Gauguin

Jakob Ringt mit den Engel (Jacob Wrestles with the Angel) by Max Beckmann

Genesis 32:22–32 Jacob Wrestling the Angel

Two Travellers by Jack B. Yeats

Tobias and the Angel by Andrea del Verrocchio and workshop

Glass fragment with Tobias and the Fish by Unknown Roman artist

Tobit 6–7 Tobias and the Angel

Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi

The Annunciation, by Filippo Lippi

Luke 1:26–38 The Annunciation