Hieronymus Bosch

by Belting, Hans; Bosch, Hieronymus

• ISBN13: 9783791326740
• ISBN10: 3791326740
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

A Tale of Fascination	p. 7
In a Painted Labyrinth of the Gaze	p. 20
The World before Humankind	p. 21
The World as Earthly Paradise	p. 25
The World as Hell	p. 35
Another World	p. 47
The Artist in his Home Town	p. 59
In the Palais Nassau	p. 71
A Gap in the Bible	p. 85
Cardinal Grimani's Altarpiece	p. 90
A New Concept in Art in Dialogue with Literature	p. 96
Rival Dreams of Paradise	p. 99
The Isle of Nowhere	p. 107
Fiction and Humanist Portraiture: An Excursus	p. 113
Summary	p. 121
Bibliography	p. 124
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