Apocalypse woodcuts

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Apocalypse woodcuts is a celebrated series of late 15th-century woodcut prints by Albrecht Dürer depicting dramatic scenes from the biblical Book of Revelation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf print series
woodcut series
artist Albrecht Dürer
artMovement Northern Renaissance
associatedWith millenarian expectations around 1500
bindingContext published both with text and as separate prints
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire
createdInPeriod late 15th century
creator Albrecht Dürer
depicts Apocalypse
Book of Revelation
firstPublishedIn Nuremberg
format illustrated book
genre Christian art
religious art
historicalSignificance major milestone in the development of printmaking as an art form
one of the first books designed and published by an artist himself
iconographicTheme Heavenly Jerusalem
linked to: New Jerusalem

Last Judgment
linked to: The Last Judgment

visions of Saint John
influenced later apocalyptic imagery in European art
innovativeAspect dramatic use of line and perspective in woodcut
large-scale woodcut book conceived as a unified cycle
languageOfAccompanyingText German
medium ink on paper
notablePrint The Adoration of the Lamb
The Angel with the Key to the Bottomless Pit
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Opening of the Fifth and Sixth Seals
The Whore of Babylon
numberOfPrints 15
originalTitle Apocalipsis cum figuris
printedIn German edition
Latin edition
printingTechnique relief printing
publicationDate 1498
publisher Albrecht Dürer
religiousTradition Christianity
repository Albertina, Vienna
British Museum, London
linked to: British Museum

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
scripturalBook Revelation
scripturalSource New Testament
styleCharacteristic dense linear detail
expressive gestures and dramatic compositions
technique woodcut
timePeriodDepicted end times

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Albrecht Dürer notableWork Apocalypse woodcuts