apocalyptic imagery
Catastrophic destruction scenes
Apocalyptic imagery refers to vivid depictions of catastrophic destruction, end-times scenarios, or dramatic upheaval—drawing from religious visions of the world's end.
It appears in literature, film, art, and rhetoric: The novel's apocalyptic imagery of burning cities haunted readers.
The term covers both literal depictions of apocalypse and metaphorical use of such imagery to convey devastation or transformation: Politicians deployed apocalyptic imagery to describe climate change.
- RagnarokNorse end of days
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- EschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- InfernoLiterary journey through damnation
blood moon · End Times · last trumpet · divine wrath · fire and brimstone · ash · smoke · Dystopia · lake of fire · brimstone · gnashing of teeth · Revelation · decay · wasteland · Dies Irae · societal collapse · Extinction event · four horsemen