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Many of Roerich’s works are magnificent scenes of nature, and his themes are inspired by history, architecture and religion. His paintings are mystical, allegorical and even prophetic. Between 1912 and 1914, his paintings often reflected a sense of impending cataclysm. One of these, ''The Last Angel'' (1912), depicts an intense conflagration enveloping a city; above the city, surrounded by billowing clouds of smoke, an angel bearing a sword and shield heralds the Final Judgment. In 1936, just before World War II, Roerich painted ''Armageddon''. One can see the rooftops of a city visible through clouds of smoke with the silhouettes of soldiers marching in the foreground across the bottom of the picture.
Muitas obras de Roerich retratam cenas magníficas da natureza e temas inspirados na história, na arquitetura e na religião. As suas pinturas são místicas, alegóricas e até mesmo proféticas. Os quadros que pintou entre 1912 e 1914 refletem geralmente um sentimento de cataclismo iminente. Um deles, ''O último Anjo'' (1912), representa um incêndio de enormes proporções envolvendo uma cidade. Sobre o local, cercado por nuvens de fumaça, há um anjo, carregando espada e escudo, que anuncia o Juízo Final. Em 1936, pouco antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Roerich pintou ''Armagedom''. No quadro, vemos os telhados de uma cidade entre nuvens de fumaça e, em primeiro plano, na parte inferior da obra, a silhueta de soldados em marcha.


Roerich’s artistic style is difficult to describe because, as Claude Bragdon put it, he belongs to an elect fraternity of artists—including da Vinci, Rembrandt, Blake and, in music, Beethoven—whose works have “a unique, profound and indeed a mystical quality which differentiates them from their contemporaries, making it impossible to classify them in any known category or to ally them with any school, because they resemble themselves only—and one another, like some spaceless and timeless order of initiates.”<ref>Claude Bragdon, Introduction, in Nicholas Roerich, ''Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary'' (Brookfield, Conn.: Arun Press, 1929), p. xix.</ref>
Roerich’s artistic style is difficult to describe because, as Claude Bragdon put it, he belongs to an elect fraternity of artists—including da Vinci, Rembrandt, Blake and, in music, Beethoven—whose works have “a unique, profound and indeed a mystical quality which differentiates them from their contemporaries, making it impossible to classify them in any known category or to ally them with any school, because they resemble themselves only—and one another, like some spaceless and timeless order of initiates.”<ref>Claude Bragdon, Introduction, in Nicholas Roerich, ''Altai-Himalaya: A Travel Diary'' (Brookfield, Conn.: Arun Press, 1929), p. xix.</ref>
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