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The iconography of hell-a grim warning and arguably a form of behavior control-dates back to ancient times. This program surveys the landscape of damnation as it has been portrayed as Tartarus, Gehenna, Hell, Jahannam, Naraka, and modern-day apocalyptic horror. Representative works of art include the doom painting at Salisbury's Church of St. Thomas, Lorenzo Maitani's relief The Last Judgment on the facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Hieronymus Bosch's triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, an illustration by William Blake of Dante's Inferno, Auguste Rodin's The Gates of Hell, Hadith illustrations, Japanese scrolls, and Hell, a diorama by Jake and Dinos Chapman populated by mutated and mutilated Nazis-destroyed, ironically, in a warehouse fire. (23 minutes)
