"Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well" at the Getty Museum

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
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Detail of "Lazarus's Soul Carried to Abraham" (1510-1520)

CALIFORNIA---The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages" through August 12, 2012 featuring a collection of remarkable imagery from illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, printed books, and paintings. Drawing primarily from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection and featuring several new acquisitions, the focus is the Middle Ages which produced many of the most fantastical and arresting images of death and the afterlife. Medieval depictions of cruel demons, valiant angels, and gruesome deaths continue to inform our visual understanding of the horrors of hell and the rewards of heaven.