Apocalyptic Skies and the Decay of Public Meaning

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Abstract

The article is concerned with the changing significance of apocalyptic fire in aesthetic representations of the sky from Ancient Greece to contemporary film and installation art. It identifies religious, scientific and anthropogenic meaning and shows how the loss of public meaning to the sky has been recovered under tragic, contemporary circumstances.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1
Pages (from-to)81-101
Number of pages21
JournalOccasion: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities
Volume13
Publication statusPublished - 12 Aug 2022

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