Bosch Iconographies

Question 1

Bosch himself

Answer 1

A devout christian, accomplished artist.
Very unique way of depicting Christian themes, a Christian Moralist or a Humanist?
Contemporary to Leonardo, adopting a whole new style and outlook on religious themes.
Creating much more realistic, 3D images
Opposed to usual medieval technique, Bosch used thin layers of paint to create transparency and built up pigment and shading.
Retained medieval perspective, with very shrap rising landscapes, sitting in between medieval and later styles but at odds with other artists of his time.
Considered a heretic/lunatic

Question 2

Examples

Answer 2

Last Judgement Triptych (c.1482), -LP:4 distinct events, fall of rebel angels, god creating eve, eating of forbidden fruit and expulsion of adam and eve; landscape so vast, encompassing the whole world (all impacted by adam and eve) MP: scene of disorder, the last judgement given little emphasis at the top, God looking down at the scene of horror below, grotesque beings, demons? demons clothed and humans not, a loss of bodily integrity? loss of pride/dignity
Is it the whole world or is it hell? Is Bosch pushing similarities between the world and his imagined hell?
Grotesques that always lived in the margins are being centralised, satire on the clergy/society, creates loud unpleasant noises, torture, a sensual experience and chaotic, pandamonium
-Garden of Earthly Delights: