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 ⓘ
German Renaissance → notableWork → Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (woodcut) ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse woodcuts
Apocalipsis cum figuris → partOf → Dürer’s Apocalypse ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse woodcuts
Apocalipsis cum figuris → hasTitleTranslation → The Apocalypse (Dürer) ⓘ
linked to: Apocalypse woodcuts