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Apocalypse : from last judgement to climate threat
Apocalyptic fears are everywhere in the public conversation today, but our sense of impending threat is not new. Modern storm clouds include war, pandemics, climate threat, and AI. Further back in time, in the Christian worldview of the 1500s, prophesies about Judgement Day sparked worry and dread....
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| Dokumenttyp: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Stockholm
: Appell Förlag
, 2025
[Göteborg] : Gothenburg Museum of Art , 2025 |
| Ausgabe: | First edition |
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| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Verantwortlich: | Kristoffer Arvidsson (ed.) ; Gothenburg Museum of Art |
| Zusammenfassung: | Apocalyptic fears are everywhere in the public conversation today, but our sense of impending threat is not new. Modern storm clouds include war, pandemics, climate threat, and AI. Further back in time, in the Christian worldview of the 1500s, prophesies about Judgement Day sparked worry and dread. Thoughts of apocalypse have fascinated countless artists through the ages. Paradoxically enough, the idea of the end of the world has always fired the creative imagination. Here, this theme is explored from the viewpoint of the visual arts with forays into wider visual culture. Current concerns and moods are placed in a historical context spanning the Renaissance to today. The contributors to this book are researchers, authors, and image creators. They examine the shape of apocalyptic thought in the Reformation, catastrophe mediation at the turn of the twentieth century, and the central role of naked bodies in Last Judgement pictures. They also write about Romanticism’s dramatic images, Symbolism’s fateful moods, dystopias, and science fiction. Reference is made to paintings, prints, sculpture, and video art but also to literature, film, and video games. And all is not dark: apocalypse can also be seen as an opportunity, a bridge to a new state of being. Artists included: Albrecht Dürer, Johan Christian Dahl , John Martin, Ferdinand Hodler, Evelyn De Morgan, Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Franz Radziwill, Roj Friberg, Anna von Hausswolff, Cajsa von Zeipel, Nastja Säde Rönkkös, Kim Simonsson, IC-98 among others Den hotande undergången väcker skaparlust. Apokalypsen har alltid lockat konstnärer - från renässans till nutid, från Albrecht Dürer till Anselm Kiefer. Med konstens visioner som utgångspunkt studeras här föreställningar om syndaflod och alltings slut. I samarbete med Göteborgs konstmuseum.[Bokinfo] |
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| Beschreibung: | Catalugue published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Apocalypse - From Last Judgement to Climate Threat' at the Gothenburg Museum of Art, 22 February 2025-18 January 2026 - Impressum |
| Beschreibung: | 217 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9789198912999 9198912992 |
