Hieronymus Bosch
Monstrous Spirits and Mischevious Demons
General Facts
- Born 1450 in Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), died August 9, 1516
- He spent most of his life in Hertogenbosch
- His Artwork is in museums all across Europe
- Not a lot of his life is known
- He st up his own studio
- He is a very religious man, and includes nature in most if not all of his artwork
- Made paintings such as:
-Seven Deadly Sins
-The Magician
-Paradise and Hell
Garden of Earthly Delights (closed): The Creation of the World
- Created in 1504
- Can be found in a museum
- Depicts the becoming of the world
- I find this interesting because it is a globe
- Scientific Naturalism-shrubs, trees, and foliage
- Humanism-the person in the upper left hand corner
Saint John on Patmos, verso: Scenes of the Passion of Christ
- created in 1505
- can be found in a museum
- Crucifixion in the background
- I find it interesting because I noticed how many of his drawings are in circles
- Scientific Naturalism-Nature in background and all around
- Humanism-Depicts the human
Citations
- AR: Hieronymus Bosch
TI: Garden of Earthly Delights (closed): The Creation of the World
DT: circa 1504
DS: Museo del Prado
AA: ARTstor
CN: LESSING_ART_1039490330
UR: http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FThWdC8hIywtPygxFTx5TnQkVnorfg%3D%3D - AR: Hieronymus Bosch
TI: Saint John on Patmos, verso: Scenes of the Passion of Christ [Johannes auf Patmos, Rückseite - Szenen der Passion Christi in kreisförmiger Anordnung (Ölberg, Gefangennahme, Christus vor Pilatus, Geißelung, Dornenkrönung, Kreuztragung, Kreuzigung, Grablegung)]
DT: ca. 1505
DS: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
DS: http://www.smb.museum/smb/home/index.php?lang=de
AA: ARTstor
CN: BERLIN_DB_10313751798
UR: http://library.artstor.org/library/secure/ViewImages?id=8zZXajAhOy81MUA7eD94QHstWXcq - "Hieronymus Bosch." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 65. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Biography in Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.
- Riding, Alan. "A mystery man who created monsters. (Hieronymous Bosch)." New York Times 23 Sept. 2001: AR29. Biography in Context. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.