Judgment Day: Images of Heaven and Hell
Leading British art historian and writer Tim Marlow explores the relationship between art and the afterlife, from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead to Stanley Spencer's vision of heaven as a small English town. Through these masterworks, Marlow asks whether artistic depictions of the afterlife express deep spirituality, or were they the product of society’s need to police individual behavior?
Leading British art historian and writer Tim Marlow explores the relationship between art and the afterlife, from the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead to Stanley Spencer's vision of heaven as a small English town. Through these masterworks, Marlow asks whether artistic depictions of the afterlife express deep spirituality, or were they the product of society’s need to police individual behavior?
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