Paradise City

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" Paradise City "
Chris Coltrin

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081906
Doc. No	:	LA125535
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02201003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Chris Coltrin
Title & Author	:	Paradise City [Article]\ Chris Coltrin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	22/1-2
Page No	:	58–78
Abstract	:	In a century defined by the rise of cities, the early nineteenth-century painter John Martin broke artistic precedents and represented heavenly Paradise as a space premised on urban living. Though he did not entirely reject the more traditional conception of Paradise as a garden, he merged the rural vision of Paradise with urban structures and spaces. Martin’s widespread popularity, combined with the contentious discourses regarding the nature of the city, ensured that his representations engaged a set of public debates regarding the nature of urban life in profound ways. Martin’s paintings and prints suggested that God not only tolerates cities, but that God builds them and resides in them. In essence, his paintings and prints revealed an urban heaven that helped make a political and religious case for urban life in general.
Descriptor	:	Art History
Descriptor	:	Celestial City
Descriptor	:	City of God
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	History
Descriptor	:	John Martin
Descriptor	:	New Jerusalem
Descriptor	:	Paradise
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	urban heaven
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02201003‬