Apocalypse Just Now

The opening of the seven seals, from the Book of Revelations, illustrated by VQGAN+CLIP in various classic styles.

MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH 

First Seal

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow. In the style of Caravaggio

Second Seal

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. In the style of El Greco

Third Seal

The Beast and the False Prophet are cast into the Lake of Fire, in the style of Beatus de  Liebana

Fourth Seal

A pale horse appears, whose rider is Death, and Hades follows him, in the style of Beatus de Liebana

Fifth Seal

Under the altar", appeared the souls of martyrs for the "word of God", who cry out for vengeance, in the style of Beatus de Liebana

Sixth Seal

There occurs a great earthquake where "the sun becomes black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon like blood", in the style of John Martin

Seventh Seal

An eighth angel takes a "golden censer", filled with fire from the heavenly altar, and throws it to the earth. What follows are "peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake". in the style of Ivan Aivazovski