[God Creating Order from Chaos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [God Creating Order from Chaos]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: New York (N.Y.); U.S.A.
Description: At first, there existed only Chaos. The four elements (earth, water, air, and fire) were separated from this state of chaos, allowing for creation to take place. This image depicts God separating and ordering each of these elements to form a harmonious whole.
Image Creator: J.H. Manning (Designer); Neville Johnson (Engraver); Lossing and Barrett (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24356
Language: eng
Source Name: The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso; Elucidated by an Analysis and Explanation of the Fables, Together with English Notes, Historical, Mythological, and Critical, and Illustrated by Pictorial Embellishments: With a Dictionary, Giving the Meaning of all the Words with Critical Exactness.
Parent Collection: The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso. Engravings by Neville Johnson and Lossing and Barrett (1857)
Image: mta_24356_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Chaos; Four Elements (Philosophy); God; Harmony