Bosch

Sandra Orienti; Rene de Solier

ISBN 10: 0517266725 / ISBN 13: 9780517266724

Published by Crescent Books, New York, NY,, 1979

About this Item

First English language edition 1979, first printing, no additional printings listed. Hardcover in full cloth with DJ in mylar. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, Not a reminder. DJ fine, bright and shiny, no edgewear, no tears no chips, one tiny nick at the rear edge, Not clipped. 4to, 175 pages, illustrated throughout with color and b/w images, bibliography. Large and heavy book will require additional postage for international orders.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bosch
• Publisher: Crescent Books, New York, NY,
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517266725
• ISBN 13: 9780517266724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First English language edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

"An exceptional book, sensible, illuminating and readable...probably the best straightforward account of Bosch and his works which we shall have for some time."â Times Literary Supplement

No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. Professor Gibson shows that what seems inexplicable to us todayâ the canvases full of torture, monsters, and leering devilsâ was perfectly intelligible to the fifteenth-century viewer. 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. 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 metaphors.

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)