The Revelation of John

Some Images and Personalities Through Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Beast (bottom left: Whore of Babylon Seated on the Seven Headed Beast, Russian engraving  ca. 1800s)

 

The Four Housemen of the Apocalypse - Pestilence, War, Famine and Death.  ("Four Horsemen" Parchment 1047 and Durer's "Four Horsemen" ca. early 1500s)

 

Whore of Babylon Seated on the Seven Headed Beast (Durer's "Whore of Babylon" 1496-98 and German Woodcut ca. 15th cent.)

 

The Antichrist (Signorelli's "Deeds of the Antichrist" - Jesus as Satan's Twin, Fresco 1501)

 

The Antichrist (Cranach the Elder's "Antichrist," as the Pope 1521)

 

Judgment (from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment," Sistine Chapel 1535-41 and Bosch's "Day of Judgment" 1482)

 

Resurrection ("Resurrection of the Dead," Stain glass, Sainte-Chapelle, ca. 1200, and Signorelli's "Resurrection of the Flesh," Fresco 1499-1502)

 

Hell (Bosch's Hell 1482)

 

 

Saddam, Satan and Chris at dinner in Hell (South Park ca. "timeless")

 

 

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