{"product_id":"comparative-hell-9788833671055","title":"Comparative Hell","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeventy exceptional and visually stunning Asian artworks, ranging in date from the 8th to 21st-century, are reproduced in dazzling color plates in this catalog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eObjects are drawn from public and private collections based in the United States and Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical portrayals alongside contemporary scenes of hell, revealing the differences, convergences, and influences of religious beliefs, archetypes, and artistic practices across cultures and time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished to accompany an exhibition at Asia Society, from February 7, to May 7, 2023\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHell has been embodied and portrayed in terrifying, bizarre, and occasionally humorous incarnations across religions and cultures for millennia. Whether considered as places of eternal or finite punishment, underworlds provide a rich setting for a potent cast of characters that have caught the imaginations of artists and patrons who have shaped the visual cultures of Asia's systems of belief, particularly Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Islam. Through masterpieces from West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the diaspora, paired with essays from renowned scholars, this publication explores both differences and similarities in conceptions of the afterlife and artistic practices from religion to religion and culture to culture. This journey through judgment, punishment, and even the pro-mise of salvation sheds light on the fundamental questions of life, death, and existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdriana Proser \u003c\/b\u003eis Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quincy Scott Curator of Asian Art at The Walters Art Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhyllis Granoff\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lex Hixon Professor of World Religions at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristiane Gruber\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Islamic Art in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. Max Moerman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoh Geok Yian\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Chair (Research) and Associate Professor of History at the School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Yun\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Asia Society Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Officina Libraria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376909455634,"sku":"9788833671055","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_046c6ce0-c67f-4573-8c01-43949dc7c86c.jpg?v=1728610218","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/comparative-hell-9788833671055","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}