These illuminations all date between the 12th - 16th century and show themes of the Last Judgement and Fall of the Rebel Angels.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
More Sculptures Featuring The Mouth Of Hell
Cathedral in Leon
"Carving in the retro-choir at Worcester Cathedral."
Chemin de St. Jaques
Location unknown
Wood carving, location unknown
Location unknown
location unknown
Location unknown
St Winifred, Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire
Dorchester Abbey - Harrowing of Hell
Weener, Ostfriesland, Rheiderland, Heimatmuseum, Holtgaster altar
Cathedral in Leon
"Carving in the retro-choir at Worcester Cathedral."
Chemin de St. Jaques
Location unknown
Wood carving, location unknown
Location unknown
location unknown
Location unknown
St Winifred, Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire
Dorchester Abbey - Harrowing of Hell
Weener, Ostfriesland, Rheiderland, Heimatmuseum, Holtgaster altar
Monday, January 14, 2008
Coming Up
Here's what to expect for the rest of the week..
Monday and Tuesday will devoted to sculptural works showing the Hellmouth. Wednesday and Thursday will be set aside for miniature paintings, colored woodcuts and various illuminated manuscript pages. Then Friday and Saturday I'll post paintings that involve the mouth of hell. All in all it should be around 100 works posted.
The work above is by an unknown artist although it is a section from a Last Judgement painting and probably dates between the 15th and 16th centuries. Also, and I just noticed this, if you look at the Hell beast in the bottom right of the painting above you'll see a person getting sucked into one of its pig like nostrils. Heheh, The Nostril Of Hell!
Here's what to expect for the rest of the week..
Monday and Tuesday will devoted to sculptural works showing the Hellmouth. Wednesday and Thursday will be set aside for miniature paintings, colored woodcuts and various illuminated manuscript pages. Then Friday and Saturday I'll post paintings that involve the mouth of hell. All in all it should be around 100 works posted.
The work above is by an unknown artist although it is a section from a Last Judgement painting and probably dates between the 15th and 16th centuries. Also, and I just noticed this, if you look at the Hell beast in the bottom right of the painting above you'll see a person getting sucked into one of its pig like nostrils. Heheh, The Nostril Of Hell!
Mouth Of Hell In Sculpture
For the most part these carvings, relief sculptures and other three dimensional mediums are centered on the Last Judgement theme. However the works with Christ at the mouth of Hell are likely some variation of Christ In Limbo, Christ Descending into Hell or The Harrowing of Hell. Where possible I've saved the name of the Church the works are from in the file name.
"Mouth of Hell with Sinners, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, UK " A much larger photo of this work can be found here.
Last Judgment, Bode Museum, Berlin Germany.
For the most part these carvings, relief sculptures and other three dimensional mediums are centered on the Last Judgement theme. However the works with Christ at the mouth of Hell are likely some variation of Christ In Limbo, Christ Descending into Hell or The Harrowing of Hell. Where possible I've saved the name of the Church the works are from in the file name.
"Mouth of Hell with Sinners, Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, UK " A much larger photo of this work can be found here.
Last Judgment, Bode Museum, Berlin Germany.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
A Few More Mouthes
"Heaven and Hell" from Occasio Arrepta. Neglecta. : Huius Commoda, written by Jan David.
"The Damned" from Occasio Arrepta. Neglecta. : Huius Commoda, written by Jan David. Works found at the Digital Image Archive.
Coornhert van Heemskerck, ` the rich man and the poor lazarus (1551)
"Heaven and Hell" from Occasio Arrepta. Neglecta. : Huius Commoda, written by Jan David.
"The Damned" from Occasio Arrepta. Neglecta. : Huius Commoda, written by Jan David. Works found at the Digital Image Archive.
Coornhert van Heemskerck, ` the rich man and the poor lazarus (1551)
The Gaping Maw Of Hell
Published by Jan Sadeler after Marcus Gheeraerts - "Passio Verbigenae Quae Nostra Redemptio Christi" engraving 1575 - 1600. This should look familiar to anyone familiar with the last Monster Brains logo.
Veridicus Christianus - Work found thanks to Giornale Nuovo, view this article on Christianus to see additional works.
Natale Bonifacio da Sebenico - Admiranda beati Aurelii Augustini - "Allegory of the Augustinian order, with a ship manned by members of the order sailing between Jerusalem and Paradise, with the mouth of hell in the foreground." 1580 Etching
Matthias Gerung - Apocalypse - woodcut print from 1545-1548
Hans Weiditz/Heinrich Steiner, woodcut 1531
Pieter van der Heyden, After Pieter Brueghel The last judgement
Pieter van der Heyden, after brueghel-christ in limbo
Lucas Cranach - Martin Luther: Against the papacy to Rome donated by the devil. - 1545 Woodcut
Lucas Cranach - Abendmahl der Protestanten und Höllensturz der Katholiken. - 1540
Published by Jan Sadeler after Marcus Gheeraerts - "Passio Verbigenae Quae Nostra Redemptio Christi" engraving 1575 - 1600. This should look familiar to anyone familiar with the last Monster Brains logo.
Veridicus Christianus - Work found thanks to Giornale Nuovo, view this article on Christianus to see additional works.
Natale Bonifacio da Sebenico - Admiranda beati Aurelii Augustini - "Allegory of the Augustinian order, with a ship manned by members of the order sailing between Jerusalem and Paradise, with the mouth of hell in the foreground." 1580 Etching
Matthias Gerung - Apocalypse - woodcut print from 1545-1548
Hans Weiditz/Heinrich Steiner, woodcut 1531
Pieter van der Heyden, After Pieter Brueghel The last judgement
Pieter van der Heyden, after brueghel-christ in limbo
Lucas Cranach - Martin Luther: Against the papacy to Rome donated by the devil. - 1545 Woodcut
Lucas Cranach - Abendmahl der Protestanten und Höllensturz der Katholiken. - 1540
Theatrical Mouth Of Hell
Lodovico Burnacini's set design, "Hell Mouth" (engraving by Mathäus Küsel) displays a scene from the 1668 production of the opera Il Pomo D'Oro, by Antonio Cesti.
The above images come from The Valenciennes Passion play (Bibl. Nat. MS. fr. 12536). (From Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1904, vol I., p. 393).
"In the above example, Paradise is located on top of a pavilion on the left, while the mouth of Hell spews demons from a building on the right. A pond with a boat in it is labelled as the sea, while various other structures, including what appear to be the town gates, are labelled as the Temple, Nazareth, Jerusalem and other significant places in the play." - quote source.
"In medieval theatre, a hellmouth was a prop or mechanical device which was used to attempt to scare the audience by vividly dramatizing an entrance to Hell. " - quote source
A large number of the artworks that I will be posting are likely direct copies of real props of a Hellmouth. The pic below is the only copy I've seen where the Hellmouth is actually closed. There was probably some crude mechanical device inside allowing it to open and shut for the actors dressed as demons and tortured souls to pass through.
Lodovico Burnacini's set design, "Hell Mouth" (engraving by Mathäus Küsel) displays a scene from the 1668 production of the opera Il Pomo D'Oro, by Antonio Cesti.
The above images come from The Valenciennes Passion play (Bibl. Nat. MS. fr. 12536). (From Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1904, vol I., p. 393).
"In the above example, Paradise is located on top of a pavilion on the left, while the mouth of Hell spews demons from a building on the right. A pond with a boat in it is labelled as the sea, while various other structures, including what appear to be the town gates, are labelled as the Temple, Nazareth, Jerusalem and other significant places in the play." - quote source.
"In medieval theatre, a hellmouth was a prop or mechanical device which was used to attempt to scare the audience by vividly dramatizing an entrance to Hell. " - quote source
A large number of the artworks that I will be posting are likely direct copies of real props of a Hellmouth. The pic below is the only copy I've seen where the Hellmouth is actually closed. There was probably some crude mechanical device inside allowing it to open and shut for the actors dressed as demons and tortured souls to pass through.
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