The exhibition "The prophecies of the Apocalypse in the engravings by Durer and masters XV-XVII centuries."
 

The exhibition "The prophecies of the Apocalypse in the engravings by Durer and Western European artists XV-XVII centuries.»

November 22, 2012 - February 1, 2013

State Museum of Architecture. AV Shchusev Apothecary order


The Greek word «άποκάλυψις» translated as "revelation", making "Apocalypse" otherwise known as the "Book of Revelation", or "Revelation of St. John." According to Church tradition, this text was written at the end of I century. BC one of the twelve apostles of Christ, John the Evangelist, to remain in exile for his faith in the island of Patmos.

The exhibition will present 70 rare engravings from Moscow private collections on the Revelation of St. John and its interpretation of the famous series of Albrecht Dürer «Apocalypsis cum figuris» («Apocalypse in pictures"), first published in 1498.

The exhibition series will be shown in full lifetime imprints. Dürer's compositions appear in the context of the earlier tradition, as well as works of contemporaries and followers of the master: Michael Wohlgemuth (1434-1519), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), Johann Teyfel (rab.1568-1584), Peter van der Borhta (1545 - 1608), Christoffel van Zihema II (1581-1658), as well as the author of a famous Bible Piscator (1639) and Morten (1700). This approach allows us to take a fresh look at the masterpiece of Durer, and in comparison to stress ingenious innovation wizard.

The exhibition consists of two parts. First - introductory - dedicated St. John, author of the text of Revelation, and Durer - the author engraved "Apocalypse." This section presents engravings Michael Wohlgemuth, teacher Dürer. It's three pages of "World Chronicle" (so-called "Nuremberg Chronicle", Nuremberg, 1493) H.Shedelya telling about the end times foretold in the Revelation of St. John.

The main section of the exhibition devoted to the "Apocalypse" Dürer. It presents all the sheets of the series, originating from a private collection in Moscow. Engravings by Durer's contemporaries and followers are on display next to the master sheet, and with quotations from the text of the Apocalypse, which allows the viewer to compare yourself to learn how the various masters treated the same themes of Revelation.

The exhibition introduces the works of artists whose works are exhibited only rarely. Many of them will be first presented to the Russian public.

Here phonemic reading apo_kali_psi_sa in connection with the reason for its occurrence.

"In memory of hidden religious ideas that are waiting when it's a crisis people's discontent with the situation. Crises - a natural phenomenon, because people crave reproduce uncontrollably and comfort for him mercilessly tormented planet and each other. Requests pouring in abundance and become issues for ascetics. So today is witnessing enhanced cosmic-mystical consciousness that grabs the likelihood of natural answers to questions. Introspection spontaneously gives free of causal conduct election, which "not only calculated, but simply seen it all, when there were they are in God. "ineffable beauty leads Misty delighted, and they want to share speculative seen with other people. language of Greek mythology, the phenomenon of prophecy in times of deep crisis called apokalipsisom.Smysl composite term" apo_kali_psi_s "- something the people out of the beautiful doctrine. Texts vocabulary interpretation (the apocalypse - the Christian church book of the "New Testament", which contains prophecies about the end of the world) are concepts shown but not fully disclosed. current "end of the world" we see in the form of terrorism and mass protests of the population of various countries against the existing distribution of goods consumed. unforeseen dangers and evils of immature nonsense political prophecy more than a purposeful escape from crisis in a meaningful development. " (C)

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