Description |
180 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
Series |
[The world of art library. artists] |
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World of art library. Artists.
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Summary |
No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. The author shows that what seems inexplicable to us today was perfectly intelligible to the fifteenth-century viewer, and describes each picture in detail, explaining how the complicated symbolism can be understood by reference to medieval folklore and religion |
Analysis |
Dutch paintings Bosch, Hieronymus |
Notes |
Bibliographyp.175-176. _ Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 175-176 |
Performer |
ISBN 0 500 20134 x Pbk: £1.50 |
Subject |
Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516.
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Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bosch, Hieronymus, d.1516. The garden of earthly delights
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Painting, Renaissance -- Netherlands.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Renaissance, 1450-1600.
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Painting, Dutch.
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Author |
Bosch, Hieronymus, -1516.
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Gibson, Walter S.
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LC no. |
73169799 |
ISBN |
0050018140 |
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0500181403 |
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050020134X (paperback) |
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