Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art: A Case Study in Visual Exegesis. By Natasha F. H. O'Hear
For much of Christian history, the faithful have encountered the Apocalypse of John as much through what they have seen as what they have heard or read. Examples abound from virtually every century of the Christian era: in frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, woodcuts, stained glass, and sculpture, as...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 713-716 |
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Summary: | For much of Christian history, the faithful have encountered the Apocalypse of John as much through what they have seen as what they have heard or read. Examples abound from virtually every century of the Christian era: in frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, woodcuts, stained glass, and sculpture, as well as icons, devotional paintings, and altarpieces. In this fascinating and ground-breaking study, Natasha O’Hear presents a careful examination of the hermeneutical strategies at work in selected representations of John’s book from the late medieval and early modern West, strategies which closely parallel those more readily associated with the ‘textual exegesis’ of Revelation. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flu048 |