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  2. John Martin

Artist John Martin, 1789–1854

Works featured in these exhibitions


The Creation from the series Illustrations of the Bible by John Martin
Baptistry window in Coventry Cathedral by John Piper and Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens
"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

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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More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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