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Apocalyptic

‘Apocalypse’ means ‘revelation’, or ‘unveiling’. At various points in the Bible—and especially in the last book of the New Testament—there is a lifting of the veil on heavenly places, and on divine activity. These occasions reveal how the purposes of God—which often seem hidden from human creatures—are nevertheless decisive in world history. The following exhibitions explore how such biblical passages might make all of us into seers.

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!

Eagle Lectern, by Dame Elisabeth Frink
The Twenty-Four Elders Pay Homage to the Throne of God by Unknown artist, England
Plexus A1 by Gabriel Dawe

Revelation 4:1–11 God’s Throne Room

One of seven photographs from the series The Lake on its Last Legs, by Ebrahim Noroozi
The Four Riders of the Apocalypse, by Juan Gerson
Opening of the Fifth Seal, from The Apocalypse of Angers, by Nicolas Bataille

Revelation 6 Six Seals and Four Horsemen

An Angel Appeareth with a Book, from The Revelation of Saint John the Divine with Lithographs by Hans Feibusch
The Angel with the Book by Unknown artist
The Angel with the Book, from the Cloisters Apocalypse by Unknown artist

Revelation 10 The Angel and the Book

'Mystic Nativity' by Sandro Botticelli
The Immaculate Conception by Diego Velázquez
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev 12:1–4) by William Blake

Revelation 12:1–6, 13–17 The Woman and the Dragon

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

Antichrist and the 'Times of the Gentiles', from Dispensational Truth or God's Plan and Purpose in the Ages by Clarence Larkin
A Chronological Chart of the Visions of Daniel and John (first chart) by Joshua V. Himes (printer); Designed by Charles Fitch
Daniel 7: The Beast with Ten Horns by Basil Wolverton

Revelation 13 Beastly Sights

The Flemish Apocalypse, The Marriage of the Lamb, Armageddon, and The Last Judgement (Rev. 19-20)
White Horse: And I Saw Heaven Opened (Panel 13) by Irene Barberis
The Apocalypse (Revelation 19:11–16), from Apokalypse by Max Beckmann

Revelation 19:11–21 The Rider on the White Horse

A Vision of the Last Judgement by William Blake
Last Judgement by Gislebertus
The Last Judgement by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Revelation 20:11–15 The Last Judgement

Threshold to the Kingdom by Mark Wallinger
Amerika the Stoker by Tim Rollins and K.O.S
A New Jerusalem by Michael Takeo Magruder

Revelation 21 The New Jerusalem and the Gates of Heaven

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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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