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The End is Near!: Visions of Apocalpse, Millennium and Utopia

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My wife and I just bought the hardcover and recommend it highly. We loved the reading the background of the authors. It proves that you do not have to be a celebrity or athlete or CEO to be "considered successful". Some of the world's greatest talent are never heard from. We have Dilettante Press to thank for bringing us this fine collection of artists. I work with libraries and recommend this book to all of them.

This is a great book which as mentioned by another reviewer, really brings the genre together and lets us appreciate it. I find the art of Von Stropp to be astoundly brilliant for a visionary or any other artist for that matter, just to name one. Great color pictures.

There are lots of books out there on outsider art-but this is great because it's a guide to art from all over the world with one theme in mind. It helps put the whole genre into a form that is more easily understandable and, best of all, fun. I really love this book!

This book is an excellent introduction to outsider art, and to the artists themselves, whose stories are as interesting as the tales their paintings weave. The book itself is also beautifully constructed, and is something I treasure.

This is the ultimate guide to discovering new and well known visionary artists and checking out their work. Each artist has a bio, picture, and several paintings- very cool essays too from interesting people like Adam Parfrey and Steven Jay Gould. All huge color photos- worth the price.

"The End is Near" makes you yearn for Divine inspiration regardless of its source or circumstance. The artwork is stunning, the artist bios are awe-inspiring and the essays are thought provoking, empowering and spiritually comforting. This is an amazing gift to give to others...but do yourself a favor and give it to yourself first. And then go out and pick up a paintbrush, a pencil, or a piece of coal and create. This book will make you realize that the best art you ever see could be just below the surface of your own consciousness.