Jheronimus Bosch’s colourful depictions of hellfire force viewers to observe the countless ways in which sinners will be punished. Nowadays, we have a completely different concept of hell, the afterlife and damnation. We are no longer punished by god or the devil, but by environmental problems, heart disease and cancer. And we masterfully deny the consequences; we ‘zap’ away, just keep on going. We carry on joyously.
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