The Last Judgment

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The Last Judgment is a religious scene traditionally depicting Christ’s final judgment of souls, often portrayed in Christian iconography and church art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian iconography motif
eschatological subject
religious scene
theme in Christian art
artHistoricalFunction didactic religious image
moral warning
visualization of eschatology
commonLocation altarpieces
cathedral portals
church frescoes
illuminated manuscripts
mosaics
stained glass windows
hasDepictedElement books of life and deeds
heavenly realm
hellmouth
resurrected bodies rising from graves
river of fire
throne of judgment
trumpeting angels
weighing of souls
hasDepictedFigure Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
John the Baptist NERFINISHED
Virgin Mary NERFINISHED
angels
apostles
demons
saints
souls of the dead
the damned
the saved
hasSourceText Book of Revelation NERFINISHED
Gospel of Matthew NERFINISHED
New Testament NERFINISHED
Pauline epistles NERFINISHED
hasTheme apocalypse
divine justice
final judgment of souls
heaven and hell
resurrection of the dead
reward and punishment
second coming of Christ
separation of the blessed and the damned
influencedBy medieval theology
patristic writings
popularInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Renaissance NERFINISHED
popularInRegion Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
Western Europe NERFINISHED
tradition Christianity NERFINISHED

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The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket containsImageryOf The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: the Last Judgment
Andrei Rublev containsSegment The Last Judgment
Golden Gate (southern portal) depicts The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
The Last Judgment by Lucas van Leyden depicts The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Glory Façade hasTheme The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
New Testament scenes iconographicCycle The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Apocalypse woodcuts iconographicTheme The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Medieval art includesSubjectMatter The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
The Death on the Pale Horse mainSubject The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Book XX mainTopic The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
The Last Judgment triptych narrativeTheme The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Apocalypse Tapestry subjectHeading The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Christ in Majesty theologicalTheme The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment
Madeleine Church tympanumSubject The Last Judgment
Swedenborgianism viewOnJudgment The Last Judgment
this entity surface form: Last Judgment is a spiritual event, not a physical destruction of the world