Walter S Gibson - Bosch
Walter S Gibson - Bosch No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. The subjects of Bosch's paintings were in fact the overwhelming concerns of late…
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Walter S Gibson - Bosch
No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. The subjects of Bosch's paintings were in fact the overwhelming concerns of late medieval Europe: the Last Judgment, original sin, death, temptations of the flesh. Professor Gibson shows that what seems inexplicable to us today--the canvases full of torture, monsters, and leering devils--was perfectly intelligible to the fifteenth-century viewer.
The author describes each picture in detail, placing each work within the context of medieval folklore and religion, and explains that many of the acts portrayed in the pictures were visual translations of verbal puns or