"By contrast, Hieronymus Bosch
dived headfirst into the fantastical and the abstract. Many of his
paintings present apocalyptic scenes of chaos and confusion, packed with
symbolic imagery. Humans and animals are shown side-by-side with
fictional creatures and freakish monsters; recognizable plants and
flowers are distorted in size or color; the laws of physics are utterly
defied."
While his contemporaries across Europe anchored their paintings in the familiar, Hieronymus Bosch deliberately pursued the extraordinary, forcing his audience to expand their concept of art.
I love this guy !
The Garden of Earthly Delights, below, is one of the most famous paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. It’s also one of the most complex and enigmatic works belonging to the artist. The piece is a giant triptych that consists of outer and inner panels. It is believed that the triptych was produced between 1490 and 1500.
As you can guess many artist over the centuries tried to copy Bosch's style. Some of the well known artist of our time are, Picasso and Dahli.
Please click on the links to get a better read on Hieronymus Bosch and to see more of his art. You can click on the photos here to see more detail. I am enthralled by his art and his life.
Hope you enjoy WAW today.
Wishing you a weird and wonderful day.
Nicole
15 comments:
...Nicole, enjoy a weird Wednesday!
Have a nice Wednesday, Nicole!
Oh yes, I know the work of Hieronymus Bosch! He was surreal centuries before surrealism was invented!
Thanks for sharing this weird artist
I love his art. Very mind blowing!
Wow! Bosch was certainly creative ~ Also, a favorite mystery writer Mike Connelly wrote a series with the Detective named after Bosch
~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
He's not my cup of tea but I have to admit that you could probably stare at one of his paintings for an hour and not see everything. :)
I enjoyed this post and learned new things-thank you. Not my type of art but I liked learning about these artists
He certainly left his mark!
Thank you for sharing. I know this artist, he was fantastisc.
Greetings by Heidrun
Hieronymus Bosch's paintings fascinate me. He is not new to me. But I love that you posted about him.
Big WOW, he sure was "ahead of his time" - what a wonderful artist!
Thank you for introducing, I didn´t know him! Just what did I (not) learn at school!!!
Not my type of art, but there is so much to see in each of his pieces.
All the best Jan
Yes, I heard of Hieronymus Bosch.
he was ahead of his time surly dear Nichole
to be honest i am simple minded person who prefers simplicity in everything of life yet no doubt his art has great power to appeal one :)
thanks for introducing because i would have no clue otherwise
hugs and best wishes !
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