Hell on Crete

Lymberopoulou, Angeliki (2020). Hell on Crete. In: Lymberopoulou, Angeliki ed. Hell in the Byzantine World. A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–190.

Abstract

The chapter examines in great detail the representation of Hell in churches on Venetian Crete (1211-1669). All the components of the imagery of Hell are presented and analysed highlighting that its iconographic programme reflects religious and socio-economic perceptions of punishable sin.

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• Item ORO ID
• 71354
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 1-108-47415-2, 978-1-108-47415-3
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Damned in Hell in Venetian-dominated Cretan Frescoes (13th-17th centuries). (A-09-011-AL)	F/00 269/AA	LEVERHULME The Leverhulme Trust

• Keywords
• Byzantine Cretan churches; Venetian Crete; Cretan Hell
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Art History
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• © 2020 Angeliki Lymberopoulou
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• Angeliki Lymberopoulou