Popular Culture
A painting formerly attributed to John Martin, The Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium, was used as the cover art of the NWOBHM band Angel Witch for their self-titled debut album.
The Great Day of His Wrath is used on the cover of Lustmord's iconic album, "Heresy".
The Great Day of His Wrath can also be seen adorning a wall in the computer game Zork Nemesis.
Ray Harryhausen, pioneering designer, stop-motion animator and developer of the process Dynamation (see Jason and the Argonauts 1963 and the first Clash of the Titans 1981) acknowledges the influence of John Martin on his work.
Derek Riggs, graphic designer, famous as the creator of the iconic record sleeves of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden was and continues to be inspired by John Martin in his work.
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The poet needs a ground in popular tradition on which he may work, and which, again, may restrain his art within the due temperance. It holds him to the people, supplies a foundation for his edifice; and, in furnishing so much work done to his hand, leaves him at leisure, and in full strength for the audacities of his imagination.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent ethical issues as the property of a minority become corrupting when they become more established. Taste is context, and the context has changed.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)