Hans Belting Avoids Interpreting Hieronymus Bosch's Triptych, The Garden Of Earthly Delights, As A Heretical Masterpiece, A Personal Examination Of The Church's Dogmas, Or As An Opulent Illustration Of The Creation. Instead, He Sees The Panels As A Painted Utopia, Reflecting The Zeitgeist Of The Period. He Links The Work To The Humanist Theories Of Thomas More And Willibald Pirckheimer And Examines The Question That Bosch Posed: What Would The World Have Been Like Without The Fall? In Addition, The Author Determines The Secular Patron And Analyses The Intended Purpose Of The Painting.--jacket. A Tale Of Fascination -- In A Painted Labyrinth Of The Gaze -- The World Before Humankind -- The World As Earthly Paradise -- The World As Hell -- Another World -- The Artist And His Hometown -- In The Palais Nassau -- A Gap In The Bible -- Cardinal Grimani's Altarpiece -- A New Concept Of Art In Dialogue With Literature -- Rival Dreams Of Paradise -- The Isle Of Nowhere -- Fiction And Humanist Portraiture: An Excursus. Hans Belting ; [translated From The German]. Includes Bibliographical References.

Belting, Hans

Germany, Germany

Reprint, 2016

May 15, 2016

Munich, 2012

Source title: Hieronymus Bosch: Garden of Earthly Delights

Now available in a new edition, this book explores Hieronymus Bosch's masterpiece Garden of Earthly Delights.

2024-07-01