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Comparative Hell

Comparative Hell


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Contemporary popular culture is filled with demonic imagery - from vampires to Goth girls. These subjects in popular culture have roots in eastern and western traditions of depicting hell and its inhabitants, however, few have an understanding of the breadth and depth of religious traditions that make up the foundation of these contemporary phenomena. Comparative Hell is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue to present traditions of hell imagery and their relationship to the development of ancient and contemporary visual materials in Asia. Through essays by world-renowned scholars of art history and religious studies, as well as detailed object entries and breath-taking images, this cross-cultural volume of artworks explores the common human desire for spiritual transformation and the role of the concept of hell in shaping the visual cultures of Asia's dominant systems of belief: Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, and Islam. The publication explores differences in conceptions of the afterlife and artistic practices from religion to religion and culture to culture, organised around the themes of the binary of Hell and Heaven or Paradise; Judgement; Punishment; and Salvation. AUTHORS: Dr. Adriana Proser is John H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art at Asia Society. Phyllis Granoff is the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions at Yale University. Christiane Gruber is Professor of Islamic Art in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. D. Max Moerman is Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. Goh Geok Yian is Associate Chair (Research) and Associate Professor of History at the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Michelle Yun is Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Asia Society Museum. SELLING POINTS: . Seventy exceptional and visually stunning Asian artworks, ranging in date from the eighth to21st-century, are reproduced in dazzling colour plates in this catalogue . Objects are drawn from public and private collections based in the United States and Europe . Historical portrayals alongside contemporary scenes of hell, revealing the differences, convergences, and influences of religious beliefs, archetypes, and artistic practices across cultures and time 95 colour, 5 b/w images

About the Author :
Adriana Proser is Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art at The Walters Art Museum. Phyllis Granoff is the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions at Yale University. Christiane Gruber is Professor of Islamic Art in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. D. Max Moerman is Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University. Goh Geok Yian is Associate Chair (Research) and Associate Professor of History at the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Michelle Yun is Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Asia Society Museum.


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  • ISBN-13: 9788833671055
  • Publisher: Officina Libraria
  • Publisher Imprint: Officina Libraria
  • Height: 273 mm
  • No of Pages: 244
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 1403 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8833671054
  • Publisher Date: 31 Jan 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 229 mm


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