ID: 901000384 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000384	Record Type: Legendary Place

	Hell (Christian legendary place)

Note: In Christian doctrine, the place of punishment for the damned, including demons and humans. Often portrayed as a pit or landscape of smoke, fire, and tortured souls.

Names:

	Hell (Christian legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Hades (Christian legendary place) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian legendary places> (P)
		............Hell (Christian legendary place) (I)

Related Iconography:

	location of .... Descent into Hell
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative), Passion of Christ (New Testament narrative), Descent into Hell (New Testament narrative)) [901001155]

	location of .... Inferno
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Poetry, Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321), Inferno (poem, Dante, 1308/1321)) [901001090]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... hell (doctrinal concept)
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... punishment
	.....(organizational functions, functions by general context, functions (activities), Functions (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Hell (Christian legendary place)
	................Webster's Third New International Dictionary (2002) 1051
	................World Christian Encyclopedia (1982)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85060058
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Hades (Christian legendary place)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Webster's Third New International Dictionary (2002) 1051
	................ New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1979)
	................ World Christian Encyclopedia (1982)
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 11T, hell and purgatory
	................ Source for image https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj3i6zbvsjKAhVPyWMKHQV8BCQQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fresearch.bowdoin.edu%2Fdante-today%2Fvisual-art-architecture%2Fauguste-rodin-the-gates-of-hell%2F&psig=AFQjCNFifbzwqvjIjhNJ_3A68MsSFlhYIQ&ust=1453931979771604
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/435725