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Hieronymus Bosch and artworks

By Virginia Pitts Rembert

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Hieronymus Bosch was painting frightening, yet vaguely likable monsters long before computer games were ever invented, often including a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental illness that befalls any man who abandons the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned from 1450 to 1516, Bosch experienced the drama of the highly charged Renaissance and its wars of religion. Medieval tradition and values were crumbling, paving the way to thrust man into a new universe where faith lost some of its power and much of its magic. Bosch set out to warn doubters of the perils awaiting any and all who lost their faith in God. His favourite allegories were heaven, hell, and lust. He believed that everyone had to choose between one of two options: heaven or hell. Bosch brilliantly exploited the symbolism of a wide range of fruits and plants to lend sexual overtones to his themes, which author Virginia Pitts Rembert meticulously deciphers to provide readers with new insight into this fascinating artist and his works.

Supernatural Psychological Mystery Monster Fiction

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GenreOther

Length1 hr 21 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateDec 5, 2022

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

2Anonymous, Portrait of Hieronymus Bosch

3Biography

4The Man-Tree

5The Adoration of the Magi

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6The Adoration of the Magi (detail)

7The Adoration of the Magi (detail)

8The Adoration of the Magi (detail)

9Ecce Homo

10The Magician

11Child with a Walking Frame (reverse of Christ Carrying the Cross)

12Christ Carrying the Cross

13Death and the Miser

14Death and the Miser (detail)

15Extracting the Stone of Madness

16Extracting the Stone of Madness (detail)

17Crucifixion with a Donor

18The Temptation of Saint Anthony

19Saint Christopher

20Ecce Homo

21Christ Mocked also called The Crowning with Thorns

22The Pedlar

23The Ship of Fools

24Allegory of Intemperance

25Owl’s Nest

26Singers in an Egg

27Triptych of Job

28Triptych of Job (exterior)

29Triptych of the Last Judgement

30Christ Carrying the Cross

31Ascent of the Blessed to the Heavenly Paradise (left panel of the triptych entitled Visions of the Hereafter)

32Ascent of the Blessed to the Heavenly Paradise (right panel of the triptych entitled Visions of the Hereafter)

33Fall of the Damned into Hell (left panel of the triptych entitled Visions of the Hereafter)

34Fall of the Damned into Hell (right panel of the triptych entitled Visions of the Hereafter)

35The Garden of Earthly Delights

36The Garden of Earthly Delights (left panel: Paradise)

37The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Paradise)

38The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Paradise)

39The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Paradise)

40The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Paradise)

41The Garden of Earthly Delights (central panel)

42The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of the central panel)

43The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of the central panel)

44The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of the central panel)

45The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of the central panel)

46The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of the central panel: Bosch’s “portrait” in the group of figures standing just to he left of the “Grand Master’s Cave”)

47The Garden of Earthly Delights (right panel: Hell)

48The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Hell)

49The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Hell)

50The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail of Hell)