HIERONYMOUS BOSCH: Garden of Earthly Delights

Abstract: ( 5 pp) Hieronymus Bosch was born in 1450 in Flanders. In these Pre-Reformation times there was a great deal of public hysteria against heresy, sorcery, and magic. Public tortures and executions were common. Hieronymus Bosch's work , certainly constructed as allegories and social commentaries, might have easily been viewed with suspicion, but his marriage into wealth (1478 he married Aleyt van de Meervenne, the daughter of a wealthy city founder) shielded him from such concerns, as did his favor with the Spanish court. His painting Garden of Earthly Delights is discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Catagory: Artists, Art Genre, & Famous Works Of Art

Subcatagory: Art & Architecture

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