Art as Revelation: Visualisations of the Apocalypse
This contribution explores the concept of apocalyptic “unveiling” via four visualisations from the artistic history of the Book of Revelation. The concept of unveiling is one that runs through the TheoArtistry “Art as Revelation” project more widely and hence was an idea that merited further explora...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:interfaces_11733 https://doi.org/10.4000/16ovf en https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/11733 2026-08-26T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/16ovf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Art as Revelation: Visualisations of the Apocalypse Interfaces Université Bourgogne Europe info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2647-6754 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1164-6225 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces O’Hear, Natasha Blake (William) apocalyptique Apocalypse dévoilement visualisation image Botticelli manuscrit enluminé Lopez (Yolanda) Femme vêtue de Soleil Blake (William) apocalyptic Revelation unveiling visualisation image Botticelli illuminated manuscript Lopez (Yolanda) Woman Clothed with the Sun This contribution explores the concept of apocalyptic “unveiling” via four visualisations from the artistic history of the Book of Revelation. The concept of unveiling is one that runs through the TheoArtistry “Art as Revelation” project more widely and hence was an idea that merited further exploration. Rowland’s work on apocalyptic unveiling, whereby apocalyptic texts (and images) are seen as works that offer a new dimension on the present, as opposed to making predictions about the future, is used as touchstone of the contribution. Four representations of Revelation 12, which describes the conflict between the Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Dragon, are used to explore the extent to which visualisations of apocalyptic texts can mirror or further illuminate the concept of unveiling. The first image, from the 13th century, Trinity Apocalypse, while part of a larger manuscript, which marries text, commentary and image, when taken as a stand-alone visualisation, performs a more illustrative function. The other three representations, Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity, Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun and Yolanda Lopez’s Virgen de Guadelupe series, all, in contrasting ways, juxtapose the biblical text with their own circumstances. Cette contribution explore le concept de « dévoilement » apocalyptique à travers quatre visualisations issues de l’histoire artistique de l’Apocalypse. Le concept de dévoilement traverse l’ensemble du projet TheoArtistry « Art as Revelation » et méritait donc un examen plus approfondi. Les travaux de Rowland sur le dévoilement apocalyptique – selon lesquels les textes (et images) apocalyptiques sont envisagés non comme des prédictions de l’avenir, mais comme des œuvres offrant une nouvelle dimension du présent – servent ici de point de référence. Quatre représentations de Revelation 12, qui décrit le conflit entre la Femme vêtue de Soleil et le Dragon, permettent d’examiner dans quelle mesure les visualisations de textes apocalyptiques peuvent refléter ou approfondir le concept de dévoilement. La première image, issue du Trinity Apocalypse du xiiiᵉ siècle, bien qu’inscrite dans un manuscrit plus vaste alliant texte, commentaire et image, remplit, lorsqu’on la considère isolément, une fonction illustrative. Les trois autres représentations – La Nativité mystique de Botticelli, Le Grand Dragon Rouge et la Femme vêtue de Soleil de Blake, ainsi que la série Virgen de Guadalupe de Yolanda Lopez – juxtaposent toutes, de manière contrastée, le texte biblique à leurs propres contextes ou croyances, « dévoilant » ainsi de nouvelles dimensions de l’Apocalypse. urn:doi:10.4000/16ovf |
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Blake (William) apocalyptique Apocalypse dévoilement visualisation image Botticelli manuscrit enluminé Lopez (Yolanda) Femme vêtue de Soleil Blake (William) apocalyptic Revelation unveiling visualisation image Botticelli illuminated manuscript Lopez (Yolanda) Woman Clothed with the Sun |
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This contribution explores the concept of apocalyptic “unveiling” via four visualisations from the artistic history of the Book of Revelation. The concept of unveiling is one that runs through the TheoArtistry “Art as Revelation” project more widely and hence was an idea that merited further exploration. Rowland’s work on apocalyptic unveiling, whereby apocalyptic texts (and images) are seen as works that offer a new dimension on the present, as opposed to making predictions about the future, is used as touchstone of the contribution. Four representations of Revelation 12, which describes the conflict between the Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Dragon, are used to explore the extent to which visualisations of apocalyptic texts can mirror or further illuminate the concept of unveiling. The first image, from the 13th century, Trinity Apocalypse, while part of a larger manuscript, which marries text, commentary and image, when taken as a stand-alone visualisation, performs a more illustrative function. The other three representations, Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity, Blake’s The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun and Yolanda Lopez’s Virgen de Guadelupe series, all, in contrasting ways, juxtapose the biblical text with their own circumstances. |
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O’Hear, Natasha |
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Art as Revelation: Visualisations of the Apocalypse |
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