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Online Talk · Imaging the End Times: The Iconography of the Book of Revelation with Art Historian Brenda Edgar
7pm ET (NYC time)
Monday, March 2, 2026
PLEASE NOTE: A link to a recording of this talk will be sent out to ticket holders after its conclusion. It will also be archived for our Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
Ticketholders: A Zoom invite is sent out two hours before the event to the email used at checkout. Please check your spam folder and if not received, email hello@morbidanayomy.org. A temporary streaming link will be emailed after the event concludes.
The last book of the New Testament, Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, is St John’s detailed description of his mystical experiences on the island of Patmos. In this lavishly illustrated talk, we’ll get to know the book through the lens of European Medieval and Renaissance art. You’ll never see locusts the same way again!
The climax of the Apocalypse comes with the Last Judgment, when the shrouded dead will wriggle free from their graves to have their souls weighed and their fates sealed. This scene would become the most frequently-depicted, particularly in church paintings and sculptures.
Artists throughout the Christian era pictured the chaos of Revelation in glorious and terrifying works of art. They used every conceivable visual effect to represent the glory of the Heavenly Jerusalem, a city made of crystal, gold, and gemstones, as well as the fires of Hell, a horrifying pit, often with a monstrous mouth as its entrance, echoing with the screams of the suffering.
In this lavishly illustrated talk, we’ll get to know the book through the lens of European Medieval and Renaissance art. You’ll never see locusts the same way again!
Brenda Edgar is an art historian and yoga instructor in Louisville, KY. Her art history research interests include relics, reliquaries, and all things Roman Catholic; medieval medical manuscripts and depictions of disease in medieval art; and the historical role of altered states of consciousness in the creation of art. Her free monthly public talk series, “Art History Illustrated,” is presented at the Cultural Arts Center in New Albany, Indiana; she also offers regular virtual classes through Morbid Anatomy, and teaches for Indiana University. In addition, Brenda is a certified yoga instructor with a robust teaching schedule. She lives in Louisville, KY with her two senior rescue dogs.
Image: The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562
7pm ET (NYC time)
Monday, March 2, 2026
PLEASE NOTE: A link to a recording of this talk will be sent out to ticket holders after its conclusion. It will also be archived for our Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
Ticketholders: A Zoom invite is sent out two hours before the event to the email used at checkout. Please check your spam folder and if not received, email hello@morbidanayomy.org. A temporary streaming link will be emailed after the event concludes.
The last book of the New Testament, Revelation, also known as the Apocalypse, is St John’s detailed description of his mystical experiences on the island of Patmos. In this lavishly illustrated talk, we’ll get to know the book through the lens of European Medieval and Renaissance art. You’ll never see locusts the same way again!
The climax of the Apocalypse comes with the Last Judgment, when the shrouded dead will wriggle free from their graves to have their souls weighed and their fates sealed. This scene would become the most frequently-depicted, particularly in church paintings and sculptures.
Artists throughout the Christian era pictured the chaos of Revelation in glorious and terrifying works of art. They used every conceivable visual effect to represent the glory of the Heavenly Jerusalem, a city made of crystal, gold, and gemstones, as well as the fires of Hell, a horrifying pit, often with a monstrous mouth as its entrance, echoing with the screams of the suffering.
In this lavishly illustrated talk, we’ll get to know the book through the lens of European Medieval and Renaissance art. You’ll never see locusts the same way again!
Brenda Edgar is an art historian and yoga instructor in Louisville, KY. Her art history research interests include relics, reliquaries, and all things Roman Catholic; medieval medical manuscripts and depictions of disease in medieval art; and the historical role of altered states of consciousness in the creation of art. Her free monthly public talk series, “Art History Illustrated,” is presented at the Cultural Arts Center in New Albany, Indiana; she also offers regular virtual classes through Morbid Anatomy, and teaches for Indiana University. In addition, Brenda is a certified yoga instructor with a robust teaching schedule. She lives in Louisville, KY with her two senior rescue dogs.
Image: The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562