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Judgement

The Bible frequently invokes the idea that there is a ‘day’, and a measure, which will ensure that right and wrong can definitively be sorted out from each other. This may be a cause of fear and trembling for many. Who, after all, is without fault in their dealings in the world, and whose heart is without its dark corners? But it is also a source of hope, because the abuses of the ruthless, even if they meet no human check and leave untold victims, will ultimately face a reckoning. As the passages explored in these exhibitions show, justice is no frail human instrument; it is a divine certainty.

Mother and Child (Divided) by Damien Hirst
Fragile Goddess by Louise Bourgeois
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel (Genesis 4), from the Ashburnham Pentateuch (Tours Pentateuch; Codex Turonensis) by Unknown artist

Genesis 3:16, 20; 4:1–2 Eve’s Punishment

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden by Masaccio
Hereford Mappa Mundi by Richard of Haldingham and Lafford [Richard de Bello]
Adam and Eve (Banished from the Garden) by Damien Hirst

Genesis 3:22–24 Expulsion and Exile

Andromeda by Anselm Kiefer
Aperiatur Terra et Germinet Salvatorem by Anselm Kiefer
nubes pluant by Anselm Kiefer

Isaiah 44:21–45:8 ‘Drop Down Ye Heavens’

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

Joel, from Biblia Sancti Petri Rodensis (The Roda Bible) by Unknown Catalan artist
The Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo
Untitled (Irregular Desert) by Vija Celmins

Joel 1 Landscapes of Devastation

"Hear, O Israel" by David Bomberg
Al Khazneh (The Treasury)
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime (La Justice et la Vengeance divine poursuivant le Crime) by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Obadiah 1:1–9 Pride Comes before a Fall

Jonah and the Whale by Unknown Ethiopian artist
Jonah and the City of Nineveh by Unknown Italian artist
Calligraphy in Aramaic script recounting Jonah's preaching to Ninevehby Behnam Keryo

Jonah 3 Nineveh Relents

The Worm that Sleepeth Not by Unknown artist
Icon with St Sisoes and the Skeleton of Alexander the Great by Unknown artist
Orange and Red on Red by Mark Rothko

Matthew 18:6–9; Mark 9:42–48; Luke 17:1–2 The Road to Oblivion

The Seven Works of Mercy by Unknown artist
Last Judgement by Nicolaus and Johannes
The Allegory of Mercy by Unknown Artist

Matthew 25:31–45 Sheep and Goats

Casket, also known as the Maskell Passion Ivories by Unknown artist, Rome
Tree of Life by Mark Cazalet
The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt

Matthew 27:1–10 The Death of Judas

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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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