Hieronymus Bosch / [by] Walter S. Gibson.
By: Gibson, Walter S
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BookSeries: World of art library.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1973Description: 180 p. : ill. (part col.) ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0500181403.Subject(s): Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516 -- Criticism and interpretationDDC classification: 759.9492 BOS
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Store Item | 759.9492 BOS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00063632 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. 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 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.
Bibliography: p. 175-176.