Bosch

By Virginia Pitts Rembert

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Parkstone International
• Release date: Dec 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781781605967

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Author: Virginia Pitts Rembert

ISBN: 978-1-78160-596-7

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Hieronymus

Bosch

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Death of a Miser

2. Cure of Folly, also called The Extraction of the Stone of Folly

3. Anonymous, Portrait of Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1550.

4. The Conjurer,

5. Ship of Fools,

6. Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Drawing of Bois-le-Duc

7. Allegory of Gluttony,

8. Cripples,

9. Exterior view of  The Epiphany or The Adoration of the Magi,

10. The Epiphany or The Adoration of the Magi,

11. Martyrdom of Saint Julia,

12. The Crowning with Thorns,

13. Exterior view of Christ Carrying the Cross,

14. Christ Carrying the Cross,

15. Christ Carrying the Cross,

16. The Adoration of the Magi,

17. The Garden of Earthly Delights,

18. The Garden of Earthly Delights,

19. Exterior view of The Garden of Earthly Delights,

20. Detail of the right panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights

21. Detail of The Garden of Earthly Delights

22. The Man-Tree,

23. Singers in an egg,

24. Singers in an egg,

25. The Hay-Wain,

26. Detail of the central scene of The Hay Wain:

27. Detail of the left panel of The Hay Wain: Eden:

28. Exterior view of The Hay-Wain,

29. John the Baptist,

30. The Marriage at Cana, c. 1561 or later.

31. Saint John on Patmos,

32. Exterior view of Saint John on Patmos,

33. Ascent of the Blessed to the Heavenly Paradise,

34. Ascent of the Blessed to the Heavenly Paradise,

35. Hermit Saints Triptych,

36. The Temptation of Saint Anthony,

37. The Temptation of Saint Anthony, left panel

38. The Temptation of Saint Anthony, right panel

39. Exterior view of The Temptation of Saint Anthony,

40. The (little) Temptation of Saint Anthony,

41. The Temptation of Saint Anthony,

42. The Hardships of Job,

43. The Last Judgment,

44. Saint Christopher,

45. Exterior view of The Hardships of Job,

46. The Last Judgment,c. 1482.

47. Exterior view of The Last Judgment, c. 1482,

48. Fragment of The Last Judgment,

49. Two Monsters,

50. Man without body and one monster,

51. Pieter Brueghel the Old (1528 - 1569): The Triumph of Death,

52. The seven deadly Sins in a Peel of terrestrial Globe,

53. Ecce Homo,

54. Ecce Homo,

55. Two Witches,

56. Detail of the right panel of The

Reviews for Bosch

[hsifeng · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

255 pages: Quite simply the most beautiful compilation of Bosch's work that I have ever seen.REENACTORS NOTE: Not much is useful for 16th C reenactment - color reference might be nice.