Bosch: The 5th Centenary Exhibition

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Bosch: The 5th Centenary Exhibition Details

About the Author Pilar Silva Maroto is curator of the early Flemish art collections at the Museo del Prado. Read more

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This is the must have volume for anyone who is interested in Renaissance art. This is not merely a Catalog of exhibit, but the collection of essays by leading scholars to help reader get oriented in Bosch's world as well as in the context of art scene in sixteenth century.The books is comprised of six essays and very thoroughly annotated catalog. Detailed bibliography and artwork provenance are provided as well.Essays:i) Bosch and His Work by Pilar Silva Maroto, p.17ii) Texts and Images: The sources for Bosch's Art by Eric De Bruyn, p.75iii) The Axiology and Ideology of Jheronimus Bosch by Paul Vandenbroeck, p.91iv) Crimes and Punisments: Bosch's Hells by Larry Silver, p.115v) In Conversation with The Garden of Earthly Delights by Reindert L. Falkenburg, p.135vi) The Fire and the Owl: On the reception of Bosch's work by the Spanish and Flemish Habsburg Courts in the Sixteen Century by Fernando Checa Cremades, p.157.Catalog is split on the following chapters:Bosch and ’s-Hertogenbosch, p. 174The New Testament: The childhood ministry and passion of Christ, p. 195The Saints, p. 238The world and the last things, p. 283The Garden of earthly delights, p. 330Non-religios works, p.356Bibliography , p. 374Index , p.390

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