Nicola Barker

Love it or loathe it

In Picturing the Apocalypse, Anthony and Natasha O’Hear examine the magnificent art that the Book of Revelation has inspired over the centuries

issue 04 July 2015

  • Picturing the Apocalypse: The Book of Revelation in the Arts over Two Millennia

    Natasha O’Hear and Anthony O’Hear

    OUP, pp. 368

At the heart of the eschatological ideology of the Islamic State is the belief that when the world ends (and the world ending is a good thing in their estimation) the final conflagration will take place in northern Syria, in an unremarkable town called Dabiq (which Isis presently occupy). It is here that the Armies of Rome will combine forces against the Armies of Islam, and the Armies of Rome will be defeated.

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