Myths (or history, if you may) speak of the Gods mightily asserting their rule over earth. Some times with mountain shattering fires, sweeping floods, disease and death. Others with awe inspiring beauty and radiance. A few artists have gone far beyond our usually rather modest experience with cosmic upheavals and produced images that convey both the splendid and terrible character of the supremacy from above.
Gustave Doré’s illustration to Dante’s Inferno. Plate XIV: Canto V: “The infernal ..
John Martin, Destruction of Tyre. 1840. Oil on Canvas, 1095 × 838 cm From Google […]
John Martin, The Fall of Nineveh Circa 1840. Oil on Board 14 × 20 swaddleh.freeserve.co.uk
John Martin ‘The Last Judgement’, 1853 Oil paint on canvas. Support: 1968 × 3258 mm. […]
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Manhood, 1842, Oil on Canvas, National Gallery of Art […]
“Moses Breaketh the Tables” by John Martin, published 1833. Mezzotint on paper, 188 × 290 […]
John Martin: Apocalypse was a Tate Britain exhibition that run from 21 September 2011 to […]
The Courts of God (C. W. 56). Original mezzotint, 1824-1825. From the 1833 edition of […]
The Darkness At The Crucifixion – Gustave Doré. Catholic-Resources.org
Still from “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015). © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. fxguide.com
Still from “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015). © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. fxguide.com
Still from “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015). © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. themarysue.com
Formerly attributed to John Martin ‘The Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium, from ‘Paradise Lost’, ..
Ride of the Valkyries, Hermann Hendrich, 1906. Oil on Canvas wikigallery.org
Hermann Heindrich, Das Rheingold. john-howe.com
Hermann Hendrich “Thor, the Thunder God” john-howe.com
Jörmungandr by basara1988 at DeviantArt. From wikipedia In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: ..
The Heavenly Host. Illustration from the Diablo video game series by Blizzard Entertainment diablo.wikia.com
Thomas Cole – The Ages of Life – Youth, 1842 en.wikipedia.org
Thomas Cole – The Voyage of Life: Old Age, 1842, Oil on Canvas (National Gallery […]
“Pandæmonium” by John Martin, 1841 – Musée du Louvre fr.wikipedia.org
“Messiah hurls the rebel angels from the open wall of heaven” by Edward Burney. paradiselost.org
“Messiah hurls the rebel angels from the open wall of heaven” by Gustave Doré. A […]
“Satan rises from the burning lake” (1866) by Gustave Doré. From wikipedia: A critical interpretation ..
John Martin (Haydon Bridge, Northumberland 1789–1854 Douglas, Isle of Man) Book 1 Line 44: ‘Him ..
“Hell opens to receive the defeated angels”. Illustration by Gustave Doré for John Milton’s ..
“Satan rises from the burning lake” by John Martin. Illustration for John Milton’s ..
“The End of the Road” – Nico Delort behance.net
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Gustave Doré (Jonnard, engraver), Plate 23: “A ..
Bruce Pennington – Eschatus Illustration 8-78 An adventurer with a twisted tongue Will come of […]