# The Beginning and the End: Images of the Universe

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Dr Valerie Shrimplin
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Religion, Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/beginning-and-end-images-universe)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Creation and Last Judgement, or Big Bang and Gravitational Collapse? Science has gradually explained away many cosmological phenomena that have been the cause of spiritual faith, but explanations and interpretations of the beginning and the end (of the planet and the universe and of the self?) remain elusive. Philosophical, theological and scientific explanations abound but visual images of the beginning and end, produced at different times by various cultures, can also be explored.

## Lectures

1. [The Beginning and the End: Images of the Universe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/beginning-and-end-images-universe/bc5540a8771b) (YouTube)