The Deluge
1834
John Martin plunges us straight into the biblical apocalypse with this terrifying vision of the Great Flood. Swirling, pitch-black waters and jagged cliffs dwarf the tiny, desperate figures huddled on a rocky ledge in the foreground. In the distance, a hellish red glow and a jagged bolt of lightning signal the end of the world. Martin was the master of the 'sublime,' making humans look completely powerless against nature's wrath, and his dramatic, blockbuster-style scenes were the 19th-century equivalent of a Hollywood disaster movie.
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