The Ends of the World from Antiquity to the Present Day.
François Bourin| N° d'inventaire | 23324 |
| Format | 24.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 311 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782849413456 |
The world never ends. From Mesopotamia to Fukushima, from divine wrath to the threat of the atom, the disappearance of humanity and the Universe has always haunted our imaginations. Questioning religions, fiction, and cosmology, Jean-Noël Lafargue delivers a history of the end of the world through his pictorial, cinematographic, and scientific representations. From the story of Gilgamesh to Hollywood films, including the Apocalypse of Saint John, the heresies of the Middle Ages, the Mayan calendar, ecological catastrophes, and major technological earthquakes, a rich and surprising iconography recounts centuries of questions about the future of humanity and the world, between reality and phantasmagoria, the terror of nothingness and the hope of renewal, because dawn always follows dusk. A beautiful, unique book, which offers a new perspective on a fascinating subject.
The world never ends. From Mesopotamia to Fukushima, from divine wrath to the threat of the atom, the disappearance of humanity and the Universe has always haunted our imaginations. Questioning religions, fiction, and cosmology, Jean-Noël Lafargue delivers a history of the end of the world through his pictorial, cinematographic, and scientific representations. From the story of Gilgamesh to Hollywood films, including the Apocalypse of Saint John, the heresies of the Middle Ages, the Mayan calendar, ecological catastrophes, and major technological earthquakes, a rich and surprising iconography recounts centuries of questions about the future of humanity and the world, between reality and phantasmagoria, the terror of nothingness and the hope of renewal, because dawn always follows dusk. A beautiful, unique book, which offers a new perspective on a fascinating subject.