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John Martin - The Great Day of His Wrath, 1851-3. Oil on canvas 

From the Tate Gallery, London:

This is the third picture in Martin’s great triptych, known as the Judgement Series. Along with the other two vast panels, The Last Judgement and The Plains of Heaven (Tate T01927 and T01928), it was inspired by St John the Divine’s fantastic account of the Last Judgement given in Revelation, the last book of the New Testament. Martin’s aim in producing this series was highly Romantic: to express the sublime, apocalyptic force of nature and the helplessness of man to combat God’s will. Of all Martin’s biblical scenes, this presents his most cataclysmic vision of destruction, featuring an entire city being torn up and thrown into the abyss.

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    the best bit is when you see this exhibition for free in the city centre, then on a visit to London, realise you’d have...

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    Wrath”, by John Martin. ABYSS

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