Bosch

Sandra Orienti,Rene de Solier

ISBN 10: 0517266725 / ISBN 13: 9780517266724

Published by Crescent Books, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bosch
• Publisher: Crescent Books
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517266725
• ISBN 13: 9780517266724
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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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)