At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present

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Webinar iv: The Heavenly Jerusalem in Medieval Imagery and Imagination

16:00–17:30 (Stockholm time), 7 May 2024. Zoom link: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65667016322

In the fourth webinar of the At the End of the World research program’s series, Kristin Bliksrud Aavitsland and Lena Liepe will examine the various forms that the idea of the Heavenly Jerusalem took in medieval thought, with particular focus on medieval church art. The earthly Jerusalem was the principal locus of divine intervention in human history, while the future reality of the Heavenly Jerusalem, where the saved would rejoice eternally after the end of time, reached into the present of this world and was sacramentally actualized every celebration of Mass. Aavital repertoire of the Last Judgement and the Heavenly Jerusalem; Aavistland will present the concept of the Jerusalem Code, recently explored in a large research project of the same name: Liepe will outline the medieval idea of the physical church building as an image of the Heavenly Jerusalem.

Image Credits

John Martin. The Great Day of His Wrath. Painting (oil on canvas), c. 1851.

Dasha Urvachova. Kid's shoe at kindergarden in Chernobyl. Photograph, 2020.

Unknown artist. The Celestial Jerusalem, detail. Tapestry from Château d'Angers, 14th century.