Jan Kozak Collection: Historical Earthquakes

Kozak Allegorical Images

Thumbnail Image Image-KZA31 People seeking shelter from an earthquake. Classical dress and architecture. (Oil painting on panel) (unknown)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA32 Imaginary street scene during Lisbon earthquake. (Book illustration)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA33 Imaginary street scene during Lisbon earthquake. (Book illustration)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA34 Medieval image of an earthquake with religious interpretation. People trying to hide under rocks. (Illuminated ms., 13th c., Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA35 Angel hovering over earthquake-damaged town. Medieval interpretation of an earthquake.(Illuminated MS., 13th c., Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA36 Medieval illustration of biblical earthquake. Style of buildings is typical of late-Gothic architecture in Germany. (Woodcut, 1493, Germany) SEE ALSO: KZ940 (Babylon)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA37 Late Medieval depiction of the story of Job wherein his household is destroyed by an earthquake. (Fresco, 14th c., Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA38 Inspired by the legend of Roman Consul Marcus Curzio(?), describing an earthquake in Rome. (Rome, Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA39 Fresco in the Lower Basilica at Assisi, showing miraculous revival of a child killed by an earthquake. (Fresco, School of Giotto, 14th c., Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-KZA40 Aristotle believed that earthquakes were caused by subterranean winds. (Book illustration)

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