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Gates Of Hell (other)
'' The Gates of Hell'' is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin. Gates of Hell, Gate of Hell or Door to Hell may also refer to: * Gates of hell, one of various legendary geographic locations * ''Gate of Hell'' (film), a 1953 Japanese samurai film * '' City of the Living Dead'', a 1980 Italian horror film * ''The Gates of Hell'' (1986 novel), a novel by C. J. Cherryh and Janet Morris in the fantasy series ''Heroes in Hell'' * ''The Gates of Hell'' (Livingston novel), a 2016 historical fiction/fantasy novel by Michael Livingston * Another name for the Darvaza gas crater, a burning natural gas deposit near Derweze, Turkmenistan * ''Call to Arms: Gates of Hell'' (video game), a DLC for the '' Call to Arms'' game See also * Hell Gate (other) * Hellgate (other) * Hells Gate (other) Hells Gate or Hell's Gate or Hell Gate may refer to: Places Africa * Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya Antarctica * Hells Gate Moraine, Victoria Land Asia * Nyalam Town, Tibet * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gates Of Hell
''The Gates of Hell'' (french: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the ''Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep () and contains 180 figures. The figures range from high up to more than one metre (3 ft). Several of the figures were also cast as independent free-standing statues. History The sculpture was commissioned by the Directorate of Fine Arts in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885. Rodin would continue to work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917. The Directorate asked for an inviting entrance to a planned Decorative Arts Museum with the theme being left to Rodin's selection. Even before this commission, Rodin had developed sketches of some of Dante's characters based on his admiration of Dante's ''Inferno''. The Decorative Arts Museum was ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates Of Hell
''The Gates of Hell'' (french: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the ''Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's ''Divine Comedy''. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep () and contains 180 figures. The figures range from high up to more than one metre (3 ft). Several of the figures were also cast as independent free-standing statues. History The sculpture was commissioned by the Directorate of Fine Arts in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885. Rodin would continue to work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917. The Directorate asked for an inviting entrance to a planned Decorative Arts Museum with the theme being left to Rodin's selection. Even before this commission, Rodin had developed sketches of some of Dante's characters based on his admiration of Dante's ''Inferno''. The Decorative Arts Museum was ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gate Of Hell (film)
is a 1953 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai (Kazuo Hasegawa) who tries to marry a woman (Machiko Kyō) he rescues, only to discover that she is already married. Filmed using Eastmancolor, ''Gate of Hell'' was Daiei Film's first color film and the first Japanese color film to be released outside Japan. It was digitally restored in 2011 by the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kadokawa Shoten Co., LTD. in cooperation with NHK. Plot The film begins during the Heiji Rebellion in 1160. Lord Kiyomori "the Monk" of the Taira clan has taken his whole family on a pilgrimage to the Itsukushima Shrine. In his absence, the Cavalry Chief Yoshitomo of the Minamoto clan, and the Guard Chief, Nobuyori of the Fujiwara clan, attacked Sanjo Palace, the residence of former Emperor Go-Shirakawa in a coup. The samurai Endō Morito is assigned the duty of escorting lady-in-waiting Kesa away from the palace on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of The Living Dead
''City of the Living Dead'' ( it, Paura nella città dei morti viventi, lit=Fear in the city of the living dead, also released as ''The Gates of Hell'') is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Lucio Fulci. It stars Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlenghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, and Janet Agren. The film follows a priest whose hanging opens a gateway to hell that releases the undead, where a psychic and a reporter team up to close it before All Saints' Day. ''City of the Living Dead'' was developed after the financial success of Fulci's previous film, ''Zombi 2'', leading him to work with screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti to write a new horror film inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The film was greenlit during production of ''Contraband'', which Fulci left to begin working on ''City of the Living Dead''. Principal photography was shot predominantly on location in the United States, with interiors shot in Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gates Of Hell (1986 Novel)
''Heroes in Hell'' is a series of shared world fantasy books, within the genre Bangsian fantasy, created and edited by Janet Morris and written by her, Chris Morris, C. J. Cherryh and others. The first 12 books in the series were published by Baen Books between 1986 and 1989, and stories from the series include one Hugo Award winner and Nebula nominee (" Gilgamesh in the Outback" by Robert Silverberg from ''Rebels in Hell''), as well as one other Nebula Award nominee. The series was resurrected in 2011 by Janet Morris with the thirteenth book and eighth anthology in the series, ''Lawyers in Hell'', followed by eight more anthologies and four novels between 2012 and 2022. Background The shared world premise of ''Heroes in Hell'' (also called ''The Damned Saga'') is that all the dead wind up together in Hell, where they pick up where they left off when still alive. Robert W. Cape Jr., in ''Classical Traditions in Science Fiction'' (Oxford University Press), wrote "...in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gates Of Hell (Livingston Novel)
''The Gates of Hell'' is a 2016 historical fiction, historical fantasy novel by Michael Livingston. The sequel to ''The Shards of Heaven'', it explores the aftermath of the fall of Alexandria to Octavian, and the continued struggles of Juba II, Juba and Cleopatra Selene II, Cleopatra Selene. Plot Alexandria has fallen to Octavian, now known as Augustus, and both Mark Antony and Cleopatra are dead. A conquered Cleopatra Selene II, Cleopatra Selene and her husband Juba II, Juba are compelled to serve Augustus while secretly seeking their vengeance against the Roman Empire using the powerful artifacts known as the Shards of Heaven. While Caesarion has spirited the Ark of the Covenant out of Alexandria for its protection, and Octavian possesses the Trident of Poseidon that only Juba can control, Juba has also acquired the Aegis of Zeus from the Alexandrian tomb of Alexander the Great, and Selene steals the Palladium of Troy from the Temple of the Vestals in Rome. Octavian and Juba are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darvaza Gas Crater
The Darvaza gas crater ( tk, Garagum ýalkymy), also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, is a burning natural gas field collapsed into a cavern near Darvaza, Turkmenistan. How the crater formed and ignited remains unknown. Geography The gas crater is near the village of Darvaza, also known as . It is in the middle of the Karakum Desert, about north of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. There are other sinkholes nearby. The crater has a diameter of . The hot spots range over an area with a width of and to a depth of about . History The early years of the crater's history are uncertain. Relevant records are either absent from the archives or classified or inaccessible. Some local geologists have claimed that the collapse into a crater happened in the 1960s; it was set on fire only in the 1980s to prevent emission of poisonous gases. Others assert that the site was drilled by Soviet engineers in 1971 as an oil-field but collpased within days, forming the crater; the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates Of Hell (video Game)
''The Gates of Hell'' (french: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the '' Inferno'', the first section of Dante Alighieri's '' Divine Comedy''. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep () and contains 180 figures. The figures range from high up to more than one metre (3 ft). Several of the figures were also cast as independent free-standing statues. History The sculpture was commissioned by the Directorate of Fine Arts in 1880 and was meant to be delivered in 1885. Rodin would continue to work on and off on this project for 37 years, until his death in 1917. The Directorate asked for an inviting entrance to a planned Decorative Arts Museum with the theme being left to Rodin's selection. Even before this commission, Rodin had developed sketches of some of Dante's characters based on his admiration of Dante's '' Inferno''. The Decorative Arts Museum w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call To Arms (video Game)
''Call to Arms'' is a real-time tactics and strategy video game developed by German company Digitalmindsoft as the spiritual successor to the ''Men of War'' series. It was released in April 2018. A stand-alone expansion pack, titled ''Gates of Hell: Ostfront'', was released in 2021. Gameplay ''Call to Arms'' is a real-time tactics and strategy video game. The Domination game mode requires each team to take strategic points on a map, with the number of points decided by the number of players. The first team to take the greater number of points wins the round. The game provides bots possessing artificial intelligence in multiplayer mode. The game provides 12 vehicles and 60 pieces of equipment. Development Design Video game developer Digitalmindsoft announced ''Call to Arms'' on their website in December 2012, calling it the "true successor" to the ''Men of War'' series. The developer saw an opportunity to develop a real-time strategy video game set in the modern day, esp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Gate (other)
Hells Gate or Hell's Gate or Hell Gate may refer to: Places Africa * Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya Antarctica * Hells Gate Moraine, Victoria Land Asia * Nyalam Town, Tibet * A location in Nampong, Arunachal Pradesh, India * The Darvaza gas crater, Turkmenistan Australia * A tourist stop on the Savannah Way in Queensland near the NT border * A large cattle station near Maude, New South Wales * The entrance to Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Tasmania. Caribbean * Hell's Gate, Saba, a village on the Caribbean island of Saba * Hell's Gate Island, in Antigua and Barbuda Europe * Walkington Wold, East Yorkshire, Britain North America ;Canada * Hells Gate, British Columbia, a narrow gorge on the Fraser River * Hell Gate canyon and Hell Gate Rapids on the Liard River in far northern British Columbia ;United States * Hells Gate, gap in Cochise County, Arizona * Hells Gate, gap in Gila County, Arizona * Hells Gate, gap in Santa Cruz County, Arizona * Hells Gate, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellgate (other)
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Hellgate could refer to: *'' Hellgate: London'', a 2007 computer game * ''Hellgate'' (1952 film), an American Western * ''Hellgate'' (1970 film), a Hong Kong film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio * ''Hellgate'' (1989 film), a horror film starring Ron Palillo * ''Hellgate'' (2011 film), a horror film starring Cary Elwes Places * Hellgate (Colorado), a mountain pass in Saguache County, Colorado, United States. * Hellgate (Oregon), a pass in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. See also *Gates of Hell (other) *Hell Gate (other) *Hells Gate (other) Hells Gate or Hell's Gate or Hell Gate may refer to: Places Africa * Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya Antarctica * Hells Gate Moraine, Victoria Land Asia * Nyalam Town, Tibet * A location in Nampong, Arunachal Pradesh, India * The Darvaza g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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