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HIERONYMUS BOSCH

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C3tcg<>rj,,,d. lie links back to the ,hi: hWlla" ""n<~tj()n. IIi. ,,,,,,,,, .. tion<_'IHc ad

l1lini.,urc naru,;,·c. secn On across ,hOll<:inds of in<ti"idwl figun:< in the

illumin.",d "':l"uscriplS ., the Slme .ime H

anticipating the pOlS and I"ns "fDu",h gL-n,C

painting. Ilis f.milr WIT" lay "",,,,I,cr< of ,h<

Bro,hcrho(kl (,( Ou, Lady in \<_llertogenl..-,sch.

1ni< Catholic gr()up W()<kt,] ~" the cul'ural

brncfi, of the <:i,y ... hen: Hosch liH:d and (tied.

Hosch's unbridl .... J imagina,ion cxplo(k:s as h<

dcpicts life as a con,inua I struggle betw,..:n man

and his inner na'un:. "Inere are "'any ,h<'"ries

about his "-"onishing ,-is;o": one of the mo"

persisten, being ,h., his s}'nboli'11l encodes ,he

docrrin'" of a hen:,ical ('",(",ic S<'" ""lied ,he

Ca,harS, \ \'I,.",,-e, H(.o;ch hctiL~-"L hI: h1d an

aCute awan:n",S (,( hwnan p»"h(~ogy. lie uscs

,reming p1nds of his ,riPlj-ch< _ a,e continually

,urf:tCing, as if to "]moni,h ,he ,-iewer 0'

p<ocl.im a n:,da,i()fl, and 'h, .... diving ag1in

inn) ,he ,wnul,. Ik.o;ch p,inn::d alia prima, ,ha'

is <~n:ct~· onto a gr()und wi,h no und",!" in'ing

0, gta>cs, • m<~hod which ""lied ~)r (xpen

h.ush ... o"'.

"Il>c: register ,ha' ""'onls his dc:tth describes

Bosch as 1 'dis,inguished pain,er'. lie "'""s

rerninly 1 strung inn""nre on Bruegel the

Elder and his allegori", of ,-ilt.g.: lill::. b,er,

lk,sch's I" intings wen: a,-i(Hy collect"] Il)' I'hilip

II (,( SI" in. he~,n: ,he I'ro,e,t:t n' Rcto<lnation

finally di'missed him to (~',"",ri'y.